Tag Archives: Boynton House

Antique Hand Water Pump

February 23, 2024 Ellen Jennings 3 Comments

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.

Hand Water Pump with Boynton House in Background, April 2, 2023

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

Building

Triplet Windows, From the Inside

March 31, 2020 Ellen Jennings Leave a comment

Almost two years ago I posted photographs of these windows from the outside in Triplet Windows.

A couple weeks ago when passing by on my way to the nature trail the back door was open. I stepped in and got the answer to my question about their position: they are centered over the kitchen sink.

Those with kitchen duty had a lovely view into a pine forest.

The house, well on its way to ruin, was once the hub of a thriving cattle farm. The property is maintained by the SC Department of Natural Resources; periodically they trim back overgrowing vegetation, which may help it last a few more years.