Chuck Farr, Broker Associate with Send Realty

06/07/2026

Meet our new pal as well as my personal writer assistant, Mabel. We are easing into our respective boundaries in good time.

06/04/2026

05/27/2026

It's that time of year again in Taylor, Texas. Yes, that's a real photo, and yes I just turned on the switch inside my family room. 😑

05/17/2026

Contemplating roses, wine cups, and poppy seeds.

05/16/2026

Saw this on the wall in our favorite breakfast nook in Austin today. This art moved me from across the room; even the clouds seemed to move, and all I had was a couple shots of caffeine. The painting was too rich for my blood, but I thought I'd help the guy out, because this is a great piece of work.

03/18/2026

Spring is here, sports fans. I gave you a break from my Austin-area real-estate newsletters for a couple of months; here is another quick update:

‍ ‍ Spring is here--homeowners, tenants, sellers, prospective buyers, and real-estate investors! The redbud trees, mountain laurels, and green shoots are popping everywhere. It is a beautiful thing. I gave y’all a break from the newsletters for a couple of months; it is time for a quick update...

02/06/2026

Dearest Stella, I have always been a dog person until I met a woman with a cat (you) in 2014. I lost my own Buster dog in the same year and my last trusty good-boy Max in 2016 and never replaced them. It turns out that I would learn some things about cats and you from then to now. You taught me how not to touch your belly or try to pick you up; how your affection would bloom if I did not reach for it too often; how your wants were not on display with a firehose or on your sleeve but were there just the same when the trust kicked in; how you liked to cuddle on your own terms and in your own time. All I needed was to wait and give you affection with just the right amount of nonchalance, pull back, and watch you come back for more. And over the years you began to return dividends I would never have expected: and I realized love had become bidirectional. You even started letting me pick you up when you realized I wanted you up on the couch with us—and then you figured out how to lie there and enjoy it. So, I guess we trained each other.

Then this last weekend, you got yet another UTI, a marker for a longstanding decline in your kidneys. We took you to the ER and got you on meds, and you still languished. We took you to the vet on Monday for a day of IV hydration, but you still got worse that night and almost died before waking up the next morning refreshed, purring, drinking, and eating again. But hopes were dashed with a return visit to the vet Tuesday that told us with a single blood test that your kidneys were failing, and though you were lucid and seemingly yourself again (though moving very slowly)--we knew the truth that you were headed for very dark waters in the next day or three. We took some pictures of you Tuesday in your last hurrah, spoiling you with tuna fish and half and half and tenderness, and then took you back to the vet to say goodbye.

You and your padded shadows and your presence will be missed, but I am grateful for the way you enriched our lives, strengthened our spirit with your own for the bad times like now, and for your own brand of affection and love. You started out as just a cat but became my darling clementine.

12/18/2025

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and happy holidays, homeowners, tenants, prospective buyers, and real-estate investors. Here is your December 2025 Austin-area real-estate newsletter.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and happy holidays, homeowners, tenants, prospective buyers, and real-estate investors. The winter solstice arrives on December 21, 2025. It is time to reflect and be grateful for yet another year. In the News: According to the November 2025 Central Texas Housin