The pump at the edge of the Boynton House trail was lit by the sun when we drove by earlier this week. A recent rain had revived the resurrection fern around the pump house.
Boynton House Property
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 12, 2026
This marker is on the same grounds at Lodge Pond as the wrought iron enclosed cemetery from yesterday’s post. There is no obvious evidence of a grave, but in almost 100 years time it could have just faded away.
Isabelle White, October 2, 1902 – March 29, 1927
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
September 5, 2025
I’ve photographed this gate, part of a small family cemetery plot at Donnelley WMA, many times. Rarely do the results amount to much but I liked this one with the sun shining on the pond at the far end of the lodge lawn.
Billy Fields Family Cemetery Plot
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
September 5, 2025
Repeating myself here, from two years ago: The symmetry and bling of the historic Nathaniel Russell House is on full display in the oval drawing room.
These tri-column mirror panels act like a fun-house mirror, just shifting your position an inch or two changes the scene.
Nathaniel Russell House Museum, Charleston, SC
June 3, 2025
This home has been restored to its 1808 appearance and is part of the Historic Charleston Foundation collection.
Additional posts of the Nathaniel Russell House Museum
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
May 31, 2025
A low-country scene with a palm tree, pink azaleas and a pyramid styled burial chamber. Why not?
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
March 27, 2025
Boy with Duck statue, purple blooms in the background. I went around that way to see what the blooms were then got distracted by Pile O’Reptiles: Turtle and Alligators and forgot to photograph them up close.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
February 25, 2025
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is dotted with statues, most of them some version of painted white which over time can get grimy looking. The area around Boy with Duck was recently cleared and the statue was turned to face the path rather than the pond.
I have seen some of the statues get cleaned of the clinging moss, lichen and who knows what debris. I would like to see him stay with this patina; I think it gives him a bit more character.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
January 19, 2025
Click to see how the statue looked in June of 2020 when it was facing the pond.
A small cemetery plot sits on the grounds of the Department of Natural Resources lodge at Donnelley WMA. I’ve passed it hundreds of times, walked around it dozens of times. This time the fog called me to try to capture the essence.
Billy Fields Family Cemetery Plot
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
December 30, 2024
These stems caught my eye, I was drawn to the cube shape of look of what appears to be the dried center of flower.
There was just enough breeze that I didn’t get super sharp shots.
I wish now that I had touched it to see if it contained seeds.
I passed this spot numerous times this summer and into the fall but have no recollection of what was blooming here, likely something I dismissed as a “weed.”
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
December 9, 2024
