Headmaster's house, Hämeenkyrö, Finland

Visited by skkye 5.5.2014. This is actually a half-active site even though I didn't know it at the time we explored there. The building belongs to my school and one evening at the dormitory we had spare time so we ended up to climb into the house via balcony. My school is quite old and this place has been its former headmasters' house. I guess some rooms (like the bedroom and the room with a chest with labels like "Winter War") have been empty since the last headmaster moved away from the school area but some other rooms are now storages for random school stuff.

It was really dark and we had only one flashlight so taking photos and moving around the place was slow (especially after we noticed there was a big hole on the floor of the attic). One of the most interesting things to find were plastic cow's udder and womb. It wasn't so big surprise since our school is an old agricultural school but still they gave me shivers combined with a squeaky floor and the flashlight painting dancing shadows on the wall. Some other finds whispering the past were a closet full of (female) cooks' outfits, brittle newspapers covering the walls of attic and the most beautiful file cabinet with the head of an owl.

Colorful village school (part 3), Pirkanmaa, Finland

Last rooms were different from others. They were messy and full of bottles so I was wondering if some homeless alcoholic had lived there. But it could have also been a same person who made all the beautiful paintings. Or someone else, who knows. Also the atmosphere was different from the other side of the house - more sleepy, timeless and melancholic. Maybe it was because the sun didn't reach to these rooms. On the corner of an old magazine was a note "11.05 a.m call Lisu just to say I love you".

   In a kitchen were another message next to window: "Kekkonen's (President of Finland 1956-1982) borzoi has chewed these window frames". I spent a moment trying to recognise finnish plants from a picture on the kitchen table.

   Outside I found a cute collection of nature stones, rusty rake and various shapes painted by the afternoon light. I found the outside toilet with a rag rug, wooden surroundings and nature light much more cosy than for example my own bathroom.

Colorful village school (part 2), Pirkanmaa, Finland

In the old classroom painted naked women watched every step I took. Time was peeling paint off from the walls and an empty platform was waiting for a teacher to stand on it and speak wise words. I guess this room has been an atelier after school years. The whole room was bathed in light because of the huge windows - it must have been a perfect light for painting. Both "pregnant woman" -paintings were maybe my favourites but I also loved a door with four landscapes.

   A collection of green and white empty bottles was almost an another piece of art. The person who had lived there had had a beautiful touch and visual eye to turn casual things into compositions. With all the colorful walls, ceilings and furniture I think this place was the most beautiful school I've ever seen (even though I guess it wasn't this colorful when it really was a school). Being in the middle of all these shades, shapes and things was pure inspiration for me.