Author Archives: Clare Reilly

“Self care, what buzz words they’ve become, and it feels like a whole lotta fun. Take care of myself you say,  eat right, drink water, meditate each day. Hashtag self love, hashtag epsom salts, hashtag have you seen the results. Dance like no body’s watching, keep doing all the things, without those balls dropping.  But,Continue reading “Self Care – A Poem”

We’ve been preserving food for a while now. It’s such a great way to take advantage of the abundance of produce you get at certain things, at certain times of the year, and gives you access to produce year round. It’s also delicious! And you know what goes into it! We are so lucky inContinue reading “Preserving Olives”

Let’s talk about this bike. This might look like just a regular bike to you. It might even look like someone who’s taking its easy, riding an electric bike along the beach side track. But to me it’s freedom. This bike means is so much more than just this bike. In November 2019 I appliedContinue reading “My Bike”

We’ve been talking about doing this for almost 12 months, collecting inspiration on my Pinterest board. I’m not sure why it’s taken us so long but isolation was the perfect time to get a lot of little projects like this done. When we built the house we were so nervous about doing something wrong. Now,Continue reading “We Painted a Circle Headboard”

I came across Emma’s beautiful Stories Out Front Instagram account. It was a passion project she started while we were living in isolation. She decided to capture families out the front of their houses during these historical times we are living through. I sent her a message and said that I loved what she wasContinue reading “Stories Out Front”

I wrote about Monday Night Dinner in our meal plan earlier this week and thought it deserved some explanation. Monday night dinner is a Wollangarra thing. When you run Monday to Friday programs for up to 32 weeks of the year, it’s easier if you eat the same things for dinner each of those nights.Continue reading “Monday Night Dinner”

You know when you can’t find the words? Well I can’t. I’m struggling to find the words to write about this year. The fact that one blow is followed by another. As of March 2020 18.9 millions hectares had been burnt, communities decimated and businesses and homes lost. Australian’s banded together to raise funds, andContinue reading “Opening My Eyes”

Our meal planning habits have changed a lot over the years. But we’ve settled on something that is working for us now. Every second Friday, grocery day, we sit down and come up with between 12-14 meals we would like to eat for dinner that fortnight. We look at what we have in the freezer,Continue reading “Meal Planning”

It’s been a long time since I wrote an In My Kitchen post and I’m glad to be back on the horse. I’ve filmed a video, so feel free to check that out. It was seriously raining when I was filming so that’s what you can hear in the background. Gosh I love that sound.Continue reading “In My Kitchen June 2020”

With the isolation restrictions easing and Elliot being back at school, I was inspired by Celia to do a little blog post every day in June. So here goes. Some may be longer, some just short little snippets but I’d love to get back into the habit of blogging. Hearing: I’m currently listening to Shameless podcastsContinue reading “A Cuppa With Clare”

We were offered our friends apartment in Melbourne, they weren’t using it and I said no. It felt too self indulgent to just take a weekend away but when I put two and two together and found that it was the weekend of our wedding anniversary, the timing was too perfect. So I accepted theContinue reading “A Night in Melbourne”