View from the top floor and a drive through the countryside

It was rather cloudy on Saturday so pictures didn't come out that well.

 I took a few from the 9th floor flat of a lovely couple: a masseuse and a painter. I was allowed to add a few pictures taken in their dwelling as well.

This is a portrait of the host in a costume, painted by his friend:

I heard that the clowns are a gift for the younger daughter who is living in Bjórk's country at the moment:

A view from the artist's studio:
The white building along with the adjacent low rise one is the main post office. The red roofed one, in typical stalinist era style, houses the Cultural Centre which in the past belonged to the major empoyer, MESKO Metal Works. Across the street from the Cultural Centre stands an early 1970s block of flats with shops on the ground floor; how delicious cakes and sweets were sold on the corner, within easy reach from the school round the corner. In the background you can see The Holiest Heart of Jesus Church, neo-gothic from the 1920s  and then forest on the horizon. Facing the post office is the entrance to a privately owned small supermarket, one of few still standing up to the competition of 'mashrooming' likes of Tesco, Lidl, Kaufland or Biedronka.

 That's the view to the left from the same window:
Late 1970s 11-floor block of flats replaced small detached houses blocking the view onto the forest to the north. People from surrounding villages moved in and learnt to live a town-dweller's lifestyle.

 From her studio the lady of the house can watch the progress of the new car park building works:

In the afternoon we set off to visit relations in the country and to say a prayer over the graves of forefathers.

 A man-made lake in Staporkow, near Konskie:

 Not a very frequented railway, but still one has to be alert:

 A roadside view: