Wednesday Walk: a few streets on Vasilevsky Island

I was in a hurry for a meeting and decided to take a shortcut by walking through a courtyard with a children's playground. I was almost to the next street, when suddenly I felt that someone was watching me. I had to slow down a bit and look around. The huge eyes of a blue striped cat were looking right at me! There were two behemoths standing in front of me, one dressed in a navy turtleneck and the other in a uniform jacket with anchors.

It was a nice sunny day. After the meeting I decided to take a little walk through the streets of Vasilevsky Island. At first I just walked wherever I could see and photographed graffiti and other interesting details.

I saw an unusual fence in one of the streets. I thought there would be a turn or a gate, but it was just a little niche. What was it there for? I don't know.

Then I remembered that I had long wanted to see how the garden on Vasilevsky Island's 10th line had changed over the past summer, and my walk took on a specific purpose. I remember this garden well, because it is located near my university. My friends and I often rested in this garden during breaks between lectures when I was a student. At that time it was a very beautiful green garden.

From this garden there were two exits, one to the 10th line of Vasilevsky Island, the other to the 9th line of Vasilevsky Island through the yard of an apartment building. But a few years ago the house was put up for repairs, one of the exits was blocked by a fence, and the housing staff stopped putting things in order. The place lost all its attractiveness and became a dirty wasteland.

This summer, residents of nearby houses despaired of waiting for repairs and decided to put the garden in order by their own efforts. They cleaned up and removed all the trash, made a few benches and started organizing neighborhood meetings here. Soon they also managed to equip a ball court and install a few fitness equipment. The garden began to look like a nice place, although it is not yet as beautiful and nice as it could be.

Next to this garden is a cute little coffee shop, it's called Waffle Straws and Coffee, and I was hoping for a cup of hot coffee to warm me up on this fall day. Unfortunately, the coffee shop turned out to be closed and I had to limit myself to taking a picture of the door with a drawing of a waffle straw and a note of apology.

This is my entry for the #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay.