For a walk



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for a walk 2

stepping out of the apartment 
13:20 
weather:
temperature 24.3 °C
wind 4 m/s, west wind (250)° 
humidity 35%
visibility 49 km
european greenfinch (chloris chloris) identified by sound (almost certain)
sound recorded
dog walker with two barking dogs (species unknown)
the sound of an ambulance 13:25
gentle laugh in the yard of the house, a crying baby in the other yard bilmarksgatan
8 m parking ban
field sowthistle (soncus arvensis) identified with an app
i love you (sign)
eleven diamond-like rotating objects on the roofs of the nearby houses 
construction zone
a very wing-shaped cloud
a blasting site and a deep hole in the rock, here used to be a small piece of forest 
YIT flag
the screeching sound of catepillar
13:33
smoke exhaust hatch
took a pic of the guide map
smoking person and stone dust
volvo A30F
doosan
between the stone foundation of the buildings and the asphalt there is about,
30 cm of soil and small plants
a surveillance camera is staring straight at me
narrowleaf bird’s-foot trefoil (lotus tenuis) identified with an app
lesser stitchwort (stellaria graminea) identified with an app
13:40
alder bird (phoenicurus phoenicurus) identified by sound (almost certain)
sound recorded
authorised personnel only
25000V voltage
ended up here and I walk away looking confident and belonging
barn swallow (hirundo rustica) identified by sight and sound (most likely)
sounds of grasshoppers (specie unknown) in the grass of the railway yard
fck ptn sticker on the side of the trash
two cleaners step out of the nearby apartment building
the only thing i can hear is the wind howling in my ears
someone is charging their electric car in the gas station (unknown shoe brand) 
waited 30 seconds at the traffic lights
the Lidl plastic bag rolls towards me, driven by the wind
a person leading a bicycle with many different flowers attached to it,
they had a snorkel in their mouth, from which a tube continued,
tube went to a bottle attached to his back with straps, the side of the bottle read miu, 
(clean white sandals)
14:04
stopped under the bridge in the cool shade
a train passes over the bridge
drink water
under the bridge there are chairs/backrests built from found materials
wooden planks & dust cap
removing a stone from the shoe that interfered walking
european goldfinch (carduelis carduelis) drinks water from a puddle,
identified by sight and with the help of a friend (certain)
banggatan
82 vehicles
walked past my old apartment
european pied flycatcher (ficedula hypoleuca) identified by sight (most likely)
14:19
sitting on a park bench for a while
drinks water
the dry chains of a passing bike sounds like a grasshopper
1:05:35 h walked
weather:
temperature 24.4 °C
wind 5 m/s, west wind (265)°
humidity 40%
visibility 47 km
common blackbird (turdus merula) in the bush, identified by sight (certain) thoughts wander to a message sent by a friend
decided to reply to it later
walk continues
14:29

old finnish folk music can be heard faintly from the yard of the nursing home,
the song features violins (song unidentified)
whitethroat (sylvia communis) identified by sound (likely)
sound recorded
14:33
procarb molecular filtration unit
walked towards the reds
walked through a field where a building burned down a few years ago,
it has been demolished
on the sand field I admire a few aesthetically interesting objects,
the objects seem interesting,
possibly because there is flat and empty space around them,
this makes the shape, color and size of the objects stand out from the environment 
pallet with 4x3x3 street tiles on top
a 2x1x1 m piece of concrete excavated from the ground with stones stuck to it
a piece of fence embedded in a concrete block
abandoned car (hood open)
a new 7-story charcoal-colored parking garage with yellow details
the sound and dust of the asphalt cutter
took a pic of the guide map
bike parking garage with green roof
the cable ties swing in the wind, they play the fence
destia
sepri
jackdaws (coloeus) voices echoes from the walls of the apartment buildings,
sounds like a stone bouncing on the ice of a lake
shadow of the downy birch (betula pubescens) identified by knowledge
14:55
white wagtail (motacilla alba) identified by the sight (certain) transportgatan
ml roro
Z1967
15:00
weather:
temperature 23.8 °C
wind 5 m/s, west wind (275)°
humidity 43%
visibility 42 km

walker: isto 
date: 24.6.2024 
location: turku, finland 
duration: 1:41:32 
steps: 5462
route lenght: 5.02 km


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 for a walk 2, was presented as a part of jetski exhibition









 for a walk  1


voice of a crow (Corous corone)

dewdrops falling on withered leaves 

sound of a duckboards 

distant noise pollution

felled forest and power line on the left 

soft hay

great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) eating on a tree stump 

on the right is a field where i saw a bear (Ursus arctos) in 2010

12:26 

temperature 3°C

gray cloud cover touches the treetops 

gray-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)

sound recorded

squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) are speaking 

muddy path leads to the shore of the lake 

small fish swam away 

calm lake 

wind 2m/s

the smell of cold 

jay bird (Garrulus glandarius) 

voice on the opposite bank 

touch of the spruce branch

green polypore fungus on the birch trunk (specie unknown)

stepping off the path 

old tall pine on the shore 

photograph taken

sound of the gold crest (Regulas regulus) 

sound recorded

picking up a piece of a wood from the ground 

collecting needles from the path

cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa), found 13:37

breath steams

now at the same height as a fog 

old spruce (Picea) forest 

muffled bird sounds 

distant noise pollution

hands don't reach around the spruce trunk 

peeing at the foot of the spruce (Picea)

coral fungus (Phaeoelavulina eumorpha), found 13:52

walking back down to the shore

creaking metal stairs taking back to the shore 

disruptive solution 

the lake calls to swim

distant sound of a chainsaw (Catena serram)

120 birch trees (Betula) along the path

chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) on the bark of one birch 

sitting by the path 

waiting

18 humans (Homo sapiens) passes by loudly 

the voices disappear as they walk further

picking up a birch (Betula) branch with an interesting fungus growing on it (specie unknown) 

the branch falls from a hand

14:50 

temperature 4°C

taking a step towards home

the great spotted woodpecker has moved to the willow (Salix)


Walker: Isto

Date: 14.11.2022

Location: lake Aulanko, Hämeenlinna

Route lenght: 3,205km

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 for a walk 1, was published in a Mnemotope issue 05