Enjoy a romantic getaway or celebrate a special occasion in this one bedroom, pet friendly cottage which was the art studio of C. P. Montague, one of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s favorite artists. Every rock in the home’s interior and exterior was picked up by hand, then hand laid by the two of them. Hundreds of paintings were painted in front of the north-facing wall of windows. Enjoy the fire pit and beautiful sunsets in the outdoor dining area under majestic heritage oaks. The Palette Pad is a very comfortable, fully equipped cabin and is beautifully furnished. The floor-to-ceiling wall of windows brings the outdoors in. The cabin is perfect for a quiet or romantic getaway, and many come for an actual farm stay. They want to experience life on a farm and help with the simple chores. The kitchen is fully stocked for those that want to stay on the farm and prepare home cooked meals. Guests are able to check in on their own with no contact with me. They are free to visit the animals, river and hike about the farm at their leisure. Guests are able to self check in. The evening of their arrival I take a batch of freshly baked homemade muffins of their choice, warm from the oven, and meet them. I am available to give free tours of the farm. Guests are welcome to help with chores about the farm, or not! The Palette Pad is located on Scurlock Farms, a 172 acre working farm. We raise cattle, goats, chickens and have two horses. All of the critters love to be fed and the horses love to be brushed. There is also a 20 acre pecan orchard and pecan harvest is in November. The farm is in the Texas hill country and has very varied terrain - from the flat prairie hay pastures on top, to the heavily wooded bluffs that run down the middle of the farm, to the river bottom and pecan orchard. The San Gabriel River forms the north one mile border of the farm. The fishing is good and in the spring and summer the tubing is great (when we are not in drought conditions). There are many fossils in the wide white limestone riverbanks. Children LOVE throwing rocks in the river and never want to leave when we are on the tours. Scurlock Farms is just a 10 minute drive to Georgetown and Southwestern University, 15 minutes top Dell Diamond and Kalahari Water Park, 30 minutes to Austin, and 75 minutes to Waco and Magnolia. We are in a perfect spot to use the farm for a base camp to return to after taking day trips around central Texas. The Palette Pad was the art studio of one of President Lyndon B. Johnson's favorite artists, C. P. Montague (my mom). She painted hundreds of paintings sitting at her easel in front of the north wall of windows overlooking the bluff and river bottom. There are several representations of her artwork in the home as well as a notebook telling the story of her discovery as an artist and finding the farm and building the studio. Guests tell me they have loved reading the history and it made The Palette Pad come alive for them.