Kayak Lady Bird Lake | Austin Texas

This fourth of July weekend was hot hot hot here in the greater Austin area. My husband and I are big fans of kayaking. To get a break from the heat we put our kayaks in our truck and drove in to Lady Bird Lake from our ranch in Bastrop. We paddled from the put [...]

Purchasing Real Estate | First Step

Purchasing Real Estate | First Step If you are thinking about purchasing real estate the first step you should take is to get pre-qualified with a Lender.  This will confirm your buying power and the price range of properties that you should be considering. Choose your Lender wisely It is my experience in the recent [...]

Downtown Seattle and Downtown Austin | Similar but different | Both wonderful!

This weekend we had an opportunity to visit downtown Seattle.  Although it is quite different from our beloved downtown Austin it is also very similar as well!  Being right next to the waters of the Pacific Seattle has the famous Pikes Market where you can find wonderful fresh fish for sale daily.  Austin doesn’t have [...]

Barton Springs pool – Part of the Austin Lifestyle

Barton Springs Pool in Zilker Park

The Barton Springs  pool  is located in the 300 + acre  Zilker park in Austin and it is a very popular spot during the hot and humid  Central Texas summers for locals and visitors with it cold ( approx. 68 degrees average! ) temp year round. One of a series of threes springs that seep [...]

Happy Thanksgiving from your Bastrop Realtor | Horse Property Specialist

On my way to my beautiful ranch/horse property  listing in Ledbetter I drove up 2104 from Smithville.  Lots of the ranches in the area put up holiday decorations and one of them was this wonderful Thanksgiving Turkey made out of a round bale of hay. On this day of giving Thanks I thought I would [...]

Looking for a commercial horse facility?

Buyers if you are looking for a commercial horse facility in and around the Austin area contact me.   Recently a property with acreage, a large barn, covered arena, dressage court,  and a small home was available – see pictures below.  Properties like this don’t come on the market very often but they  do exist! [...]

Riverside Dog Park in Austin

Since we have a deaf puppy we can’t let him play at  some of the dog friendly parks in Austin as he needs to be confined by a fence, at least until he is trained sufficiently.  So we are big fans of fenced dogs parks!  There is one in Bastrop and now one in Smithville, [...]

I am more than just a horse property specialist!

Although one of my biggest passions in life is horses, and putting aside the fact that  I have worked as a horse property specialist for many years,   I don’t just work with Clients buying and selling  horse farms, equestrian properties, and farm and ranch properties….. I also have a lot of experience with residential [...]

Las Casas Verdes – a number of great floor plans

Las Casas Verdes is a small subdivision located in South Austin that offers buyers an opportunity to buy an Eco friendly home that has green and sustainable features.  When I was working my last open house I took a minute to take these pictures of the other floor plans that are available and an overview [...]

Kayaking nearby | Greater Austin area | Properties available 11-4-2010

One of the things that we love to do that is a part of what I call the Austin Lifestyle is kayaking.   Kayaking is popular on all of the Highland Lakes including Lady Bird Lake ( formerly called Town Lake ) that is right in downtown Austin. Of course there are other bodies of [...]