018 3 creative things that I've managed to do during the quarantine

If you have an Instagram or Facebook account, you may have seen the quarantine bingo images. In the times of COVID-19, our daily habits have to face the tests and the trials. Is there anyone who hasn’t binge watched or spent a whole day in pajamas? Today, I would like to present you 3 pretty creative things that I’ve managed to do during the quarantine.

1.       I made pierogi

After many online meetings we must face boredom at home. How many days in a row can we watch Netflix series? To break the routine, I decided to make homemade pierogi. I had never prepared that dish before, so I was very surprised how tasty it was!

2.       I observed the night sky

When you don’t have to wake up early the next day, you can grab your car keys and go to watch stars. Because of the light pollution, it is impossible to observe the night sky in the proximity of cities, so you need to drive about 20-50 kilometers away from a city. You can plan your trip by using a weather forecast and this tool https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/

An amazing view with many constellations guaranteed!

3.       I read the whole fantasy saga

If you have ever wandered nearby fantasy literature shelves in a bookstore, you know an average size of a fantasy book – they are often very thick. During the quarantine, I’ve managed to read not one, but four volumes and now I have a book hangover. If you are a fantasy literature fan, I highly recommend you to read the Stormlight Archive written by Brandon Sanderson.

017 A book hangover

Have you ever heard about a book hangover? This phenomenon is associated to the inability to start reading a new book because you are still living in the last’s book world, you still think about the characters you've met. The book hangover is like this strange feeling when you are going to taste a delicious apple pie, but the voice in the back of your head says that the best apple pie is that of your mum. The same applies to books – even if there are many positive reviews about a new book, you just can’t start to read it because the last one was brought too many emotions.

The book hangover is an ambiguous thing – on one hand, you have had an amazing adventure with a book, you spent some valuable time with the characters you loved and with the story that interested you. But on the other hand, this situation is like an impasse because you can’t start a new title. There is only one solution to finish with that feeling – you need to push yourself out of your comfort zone and pick up a new book! Have you ever had the book hangover?

016 Astrophotography

When we think about photography, we often imagine portrait or landscape images. But have you ever heard of the astrophotography? This field of photography is associated with the night sky and stars. If you think the astrophotography images are completely black with some white points-stars, you are completely wrong! Not everybody is able to practice this type of photography; a special equipment is needed – not only a stable tripod but also some fast lenses and a professional camera. What is more, it is impossible to take photos of stars everywhere because of the light pollution. This phenomenon disenables the observation of stars and planets around cities and towns. But if you have a professional equipment, a car, some knowledge and free time at night, you are able to practice the astrophotography. However, we don’t have to fulfil those conditions to admire photographs of night sky.