Those Infamous Stairs

Last night Mel and I walked home from the center of the city. I walked very slowly and by the time we got to the big bus stop down at the corner of our main street, I knew that I was over my limit. I made it home, however. My legs felt like 'chopped liver' the rest of the evening and my knees are a bit more sore today. All in all, however, my knees feel better than they have felt in about 3 months. Thank you to all who have prayed for them. I am still taking it easy, and stairs are still the hardest part for me, but they don't feel like the 'backs' of the knees are on fire at this point.

We walked past the diagnostic center on our way home. (see my post: Knee Bone's Connected to The Leg Bones Parts 1 & 2) There were very few people around, so on the spur of the moment I told Mel, "wait a minute! I want to take a photo or two!" And I did.

This first one is of most of the front entrance. There is actually another set of stairs to the left of these. On the right is a bed of petunias that are struggling along (until 10 days ago it had been very dry with no rain). In front of the building are several very pretty flower beds and some actual grass growing underneath the trees. Grass has only been around the last four or five years - until then there was only dirt which workers dug up every spring and then left in big brown dirty clods. Now people are planting grass all over the city again. This is a vast improvement in the overall ambience of Kherson. I like it alot.

Back to the stairs (that was a grassy bunny trail)...

In this closer photo the difference in the height of each step is more easily seen. Also how they are falling to pieces, crumbling and in some areas are not very safe.
The other thing that is seen here is all of the front doors. Please note that ONLY the far left door with the writing on it was unlocked. About 4 feet inside these doors is another set exactly like the front ones, only the far right door is the only one unlocked on the inside set.

It still amazes me that this is the front entrance, probably the only public entrance, to this building where people with medical problems go for diagnosis, x-rays of hurting limbs, etc. Ei yi yi.

OSHA would have a field day - actually OSHA would probably have a heart attack....