Cold day: -9 Celsius with hard wind and just that little snow from the sky that it alone weren’t enough for photos. For man like me, who’s hands and feets are always cold, even in summer, staying at home did feel pretty good option, but that did came from my brains, not from my heart… so as soon as there where enough light I was on the road. First I did head to this old farm house at countryside. I’ve found that much information of it that it were built at 1919… and few years ago there still were 1976 calendar hanging on the kitchens floor.



In Coldness, Alone:





Sad Sauna:







Not too many photos from there. At this point I were already so damned cold, that returning to home was on my mind… but so was understanding of that I already were on the road. So I did decide to go check if that small farm that were for sale at last summer would have change. It wasn’t. I can tell that walk from the end of that very small but pretty long road that leads to there were quite… long. First of all it was completely frozen (like all other roads too), covered by clear ice which were covered thin layer of new snow. Add there that cold weather and hard wind… blowing through that large field. Almost 1 kilometer walk to there… and same to back.



Still There:





Moment from Oblivion:







Not too many photos from there. At this point I did think that hell yeah, I will return to that two room house… even my last visit to there were at late autumn, so this did come bit too soon to really get into mood. But… it is so close to dying, moment when gravity wins and I did want to take some photos from there too with that ultra wide lens. So there did I go. Feels sad to see it like that, know that soon it will be mostly gone. I’ve been photographing it since 2007 and this were my 27th trip to there. I’ve been there in every season and almost in every time of day. I’ve been light painting there alone at –20 coldness… at sweet and soft summer mornings… and soon it won’t happen anymore. It really feels sad. But now I still was there, so…



That Little House:





Princess Diana (Still Alive on the Table):





Those Colors:





That View:





Colorful Ending:





Dance of the Curtains (Feel the Wind):





Heavy Weight (of Years):





TV Time:






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And then to off-topic-bonus-photo. Yeah, my brains have again frozen to that “ice at the rivers and rapids – what a wonderful world” mode. This comes from small river rapids. Tree trunk were fallen on and into stream. I see some kind ice creature there:



That’s it. Happy weekend for everyone! J

I almost missed this set. When did you sneak this one in? That IS a sad sauna....even the expression on the chest of drawers looks sad. The second house has always been a favorite of mine because of the happy colors in the kitchen.

Nice photos! I really like how you edited "Sad Sauna" and "Still There" to make them look like old, worn photographs. I also really like "TV Time," with the light coming through the slots in the roof. This house looks like the kind of places I explore most of the time.

Side note: Is your username taken from the band Wolfheart?

Your moments from coldness give me moments of warm fuzzies. Well done

The last house is so 60's.
The Princess Diana shot is my fav.
And of coarse the omnipresent vertical furnace.
It's crazy how they are everywhere there.

Your photo sets make me feel like a kid at Christmas!

Bravo my friend !!
Hauntingly mesmerizing...makes the mind wander and wonder

Posted by MisUnderstood! I almost missed this set. When did you sneak this one in? That IS a sad sauna....even the expression on the chest of drawers looks sad. The second house has always been a favorite of mine because of the happy colors in the kitchen.

I seem to be sneaky guy... And one of my favorites too, that second one. Sad that it is ending now. Will miss it, lot.

Posted by DerekSmerek Nice photos! I really like how you edited "Sad Sauna" and "Still There" to make them look like old, worn photographs. I also really like "TV Time," with the light coming through the slots in the roof. This house looks like the kind of places I explore most of the time. Side note: Is your username taken from the band Wolfheart?

Thank you very much! I also love that "time travelling", or should I say escapism (because at old times those places wouldn't look like that). Some photos just work when edited like those... and still I'm affraid that I use it too much. Hopefully not.

Posted by Lola AB Your moments from coldness give me moments of warm fuzzies. Well done

Thank you very much!

Posted by blackhawk The last house is so 60's. The Princess Diana shot is my fav. And of coarse the omnipresent vertical furnace. It's crazy how they are everywhere there.

Yeah, pretty psychedelic stuff. Really rare to catch at old Finnish countryside. Sad that it's so close to death now. I will miss it. Lot.

Posted by Speed Your photo sets make me feel like a kid at Christmas!

Hopefully not like "BYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAA I DIDN'T GET THAT FULL SCALE AND COMPLETELY FUNCTIONAL MILLENIUM FALCON" kind of style. xD

Posted by leafloving4x4gal Bravo my friend !! Hauntingly mesmerizing...makes the mind wander and wonder

Thank you sooo much - next Jack Daniels shot goes for you! Sadly (well, not sadly) weather have offer lately blizzards and that kind of stuff, so I've been concentrating to nature mostly... but sooner or later... wait for it, wait for it.

Are your B&W shot on film or is this all digital? Very cool either way.