Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
Photo challenge of the day: Is this the water spout to a water well? If so, does the well have a hand pump? It sort of reminds me of the water well pump we had at my grandparent’s farm that I am trying to recall 58 years ago.
Good guess Winnie. Yes, that is a photo of a functional hand pump that sits in our lower garden. It sits atop a 400 foot deep well and when the electricity goes out, we have all the water we can pump by hand. It’s actually quite easy to get the water started and then it fills a bucket very fast. It’s a fantastic workout.
I remember going out with an older brother each morning to pump water into the white enamel bucket with red trim and then carry it into the house and set it on a stand in the kitchen. This was our drinking water and there was a big ladle in the bucket to pour water into glasses etc. There were other buckets of water carried into the house for washing up dishes and grandma always kept one on the back of the big black wood stove for a source of hot water each day.
That’s an awesome memory/image. No wonder you’re rooted in all things farmgirl!