Family photos © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry The first floor of the building was split between the Store and the main living quarters which contained a back kitchen, a parlour, two hallways and a more recent bathroom. One of the hallways was more like a room from which every other part of the house was […]
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Cooper House and General Store © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry Recently, I had the privilege of visiting Frank Cooper’s General Store. The store has been closed since the early 1960’s and Frank, grandson of Thomas Cooper the founder of the community, operated his Excavation business from the location. Frank is still a busy man at […]
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Swords Schoolhouse © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry With rain in the forecast for the next 4 days, I decided to abandon the studio for a drive out to a couple of my favourite locations in north and west Muskoka. On the way, I picked my Mom up to show her the place that inspired last […]
Continue ReadingSwords General Store – A Painting
Old General Store – Swords, acrylic, 30×24″ © Michelle Basic Hendry (larger version available on my home page) So after telling the story of the ghost town of Swords, Ontario last week, I thought I should show this painting first. As I had mentioned in that post, I fell in love with this elegant old […]
Continue ReadingA Ghost Town & An Exhibition
Places have personality and one of the exciting things about visiting ghost towns and abandoned rural sites is that, in the quiet, one can get a sense of them. Although NOT abandoned, the old general store is one that has a warm feeling, with its history not too far behind – and like the old […]
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