Never Surrender
This old homestead in the Muskoka region of Ontario, refuses to surrender to the elements.
“Under none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with the house. I saw it in the daylight, with the sun upon it. There was no wind, no rain, no lightning, no thunder, no awful or unwonted circumstance, of any kind, to heighten its effect.”~Charles Dickens

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linaji
AHHHHHHHHH WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!! I HAVE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.. I FELT LIKE THIS HOUSE.. I WANT JOANNE BRADLEY HOME!! ps.. nice work!
Joanne Bradley replied
ThanksLinaji! Back from vacation, so much RB stuff to catch up to. Bear with me….:-)
Torfinn Johann...
Looks like a real surviver. Great shot.
Antanas
beautiful photo
dougie1
good one!
Janis Zroback
You should add Corey Hart’s song Never Surrender to this page Joanne….I like that you chose black and white for this image…it fits perfectly.
hirst
WOW! nice one! It must have been very well built!
Tom Gomez
Great find …
Clive King
Great capture. B&W makes it all the more mysterious.
Sean Farragher
great catch
cdwork
Great find & capture
Silvia Ganora
Full of fascination! Love it :)
Hemalata
Hi Joanne, good to have you back!! Love this image – what a story it could tell!
ericseyes
Good capture, neat old building and good color treatment.
loramae
I love that you can literally see from this side of the house to the outside and your title brought an essense and feel to this wonderful shot Joanne! :O)
Prasad
AHHHHHHHHH WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!! I HAVE ALSO MISSED YOU SO MUCH….. I FELT LIKE THIS HOUSE.. I WANT JOANNE BRADLEY HOME!! ps.. nice work! :)))
Anne Staub
Hope you had a nice break :) Love the composition.
mekea
Wonderful!! Words and picture are fantastic….i shoot abandoned houses often trying to reach this outcome! Thanks for the inspiration! :)
Maureen Brittain
Great image.
jlynn
Fabulous find,, great treatment!!
Troy W. Smith
Awesome, some things are ment to be seen for along time.
Robin Brown
A lick of paint & a wee bit TLC; we can do it Joanne if we B&Q it!! XX
derrickh
excellent capture
Craig Ebel
Amazing capture and feeling!
Shell59
This is such a cool shot! .. Is this in Ontario? Very rare to
find a house in that state. Well Done!
Mia1
beautiful capture.
Barbara Read-J...
Good one Joanne!
PPPhotoArt
wonderful title for this awesome shot!!!! xxx
splynch
What a great image!
Leanna Lomanski
Love these old buildings…..........get positively giddy whenever I come across one to photograph. This is a beauty and well captured.
Thank you so much for your comment on my Trees image.
Lucindawind
fabulous!!! I love old falling down buildings
frogster
If these old house could talk what tales it would tell. The B&W adds so much to the beauty of it.
amarica
Great find Joanne, excellent capture. xxx
Kenny Gulley Jr.
great titles conjure up great thoughts
to even greater- an image
Steve Chapple
What a great find, real history!!
NewAgeVisionz
Beautiful find…I am fond of these ol’ buildings…
Holly Kempe
It makes you wonder about the story behind it…..another great capture! :)
AnaCBStudio
Great find Joanne…beautiful processing
shallay
Surrendering itself back to the woodland.. adore the texture of old wood and the shape of this quite resilient structure – nice sepia colouring.
Nvision Ink
Great find and shot!
Peacefulwarrior
Very nice work….. history shot for sure….
Liv Stockley
Great work and love the title lol …. :-))
Aimelle
what a great find Johanne ! abandonned houses have a soul… and this one looks like it has a lot to tell.
oh, just saw you live near by ! =D (it’s been 7 years I live in Rawdon) maybe you speak french then ?
Steven Novak
Oohhh, great shot!
Julian Escardo
Titled to perfection…..I like the choice of monochrome to further the message.
mandi andreasen
love these types of photos
jhartley
excellent!
Di Jenkins
Poor old building! Glad it’s standing the test of time & elements!
Gary L. Suddath
great title for this wonderful shot
Beth Lambert
Fantastic title for this image! I often wondered how these old places find such a will to stay upright…or leaning…but still “up” :))
Mel Brackstone
It sure is hanging in there!! What a great find
Scott Ruhs
Love images of old buildings.
CraigsMom
Had to favorite this one, Joanne.
PFrogg
Excellant Capture
Lois Bryan
Boy, Joanne!!!! This is a doozie!!!! What a fabulous find … and you couldn’t have picked a better angle … the sky through the windows is a mind blower!!!!! Well found and well captured!!!!!!
DIANEPEAREN
IF HOUSES COULD SPEAK…........I AM NOT READY,I WILL NOT GIVE UP,I AM STAYING RIGHT HERE.
NautilusBlue
Hi Joan. This is soo cool. Well done!
Cora Wandel
Joanne, this is a great image and commentary. I also want to tell you how much I appreciate your participation in ImageWriting, it is nice to see your comments congratulating people on their photos when they have been featured. So thank you for that, and thank you for this great work of an old building refusing to surrender. I can relate to that quite often, even though of course I am not a building! – Cora
Joanne Bradley replied
You are so welcome, I really enjoy the group! Thanks for the visit!
catnip addict ...
poor ole house, who is it that left you, who were the last people?, what was the last dinner consisting of, was there dessert i wonder. what day of week was it when you became vacant?when having done all, stand. leaning, but still standing! take courage.
paul romanowski
YES I GUESS THIS IS THE GAME OF SURVIVAL…NEVER SURRENDER IS AN EXCELLENT TITLE HERE…LOVE IT…
Fern Design
love it.. wonderful capture..
Joel Hall
Great shot, love the tons. What a great find!
PJS15204
great shot the sepia tone was a nice choice :)
cdcantrell
Nice shot but shes going to surrender soon
reflector
A great old ruin, very well captured ! The sepia really suits it.
S.E. Douglas
This is wonderful, Joanne. Love it!