Antique–belonging to an earlier time …Merriam-Webster

I’m not sure I like items I remember using in my childhood being antiques, but that is what comes to mind every time I pass by this hand pump driving into Donnelley Wildlife Management Area. Whatever it provided water for is long gone. It seems too far from the Boynton House to have been their source of water, maybe a barn stood here.

A bluebird box stands on the other side of the road.

I didn’t see the Carolina Wren until he flew up onto the pump outlet.

For reference, here’s an image I took last April from the road, the Boynton House in the background, that I never published on this blog.

Boynton House Property
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
February 21, 2024