Northern Ireland public affairs, food, flowers, family and the dog. All views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3loq2edipus2mIt's #MaternalMentalHealthWeek and we need to talk about this more. #Malpractice on @ITV shows even professionals don't know enough, so I'm excited hear more at this WRDA Mas Project #SupportingWomenReducingStigma event09 May 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3loq2edipus2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3llyv6ylei22yHell is going to the cinema the day the #MinecraftMovie comes out. And no, I'm not here to see it! https://media.tenor.com/qbSQyXSGbicAAAAC/toluwanii-radtolu.gif?hh=498&ww=33104 Apr 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyv6ylei22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3llnrhysekk2lForgot to post my thanks to amazing disability assistance person at Heathrow. And to really helpful @BritishAirways cabin crew. View landing in London was magical. #DisabilityTravel31 Mar 2025 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3llnrhysekk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3llj7l5whk22eIt's farewell Belfast for a few days. Just had a fascinating convo with my #DisabilityAssistance aid David who explained how planes are cleaned inside and out. Belfast City Airport's disability crew are amazing. #DisabilityTravel29 Mar 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3llj7l5whk22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3ljjcbo5u2c2gVery excited to be off to Sydney to see my friends and family. It's my holiday between caring for my mum. And @jetstarairways.bsky.social #DisabilityAssistance has been fantastic. Moved my seat to the front and welcomed me on board to explain nearby loos, exits and personal cabin crew assigned to me04 Mar 2025 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljjcbo5u2c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lijzcgab722zI'm so lucky to be able to work from Australia for a few weeks so I can spend time with my Mum. Love this photo with Dad's picture photobombing us. Miss him so much.19 Feb 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijzcgab722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3li644fwrz225What fool books a 13 hour flight for the first day of half term??? Going to be a long one - flight is full in all classes!14 Feb 2025 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3li644fwrz225https://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3li5e3g2t4k2xAirport number 1 of four. If all goes to plan I'm be at my sister's house in Adelaide in about 30 hours. But first the little flight followed by five hours in Heathrow 😩14 Feb 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5e3g2t4k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lg43dfvac22wMy rescue pup Stella met her twin brother today and I'm all emosh. They are alike in every way - including a tendency to run away. So grateful to Lost Paws NI who found them both, and so glad Turnip's mum Jane tracked me down.19 Jan 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg43dfvac22whttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lehdaswaak27Found this in the garden today - pretty but this should not be happening. Photo 1 a yellow rose against a brick wall Photo 2 a pointy purple and cream flower that I don't know the name of just unfurled with dark green foliage behind #ClimateChange29 Dec 2024 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lehdaswaak27https://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3le2v4oqxbs2kChristmas baking done and wrapped for the neighbours. Presents wrapped and under the tree. Ham baking. Pavlova still a twinkle in a chicken's eye. There's hours until bedtime. Aren't there?24 Dec 2024 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3le2v4oqxbs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3le2b4rslrk2lBeen feeling bleugh all week so have left all the Christmas baking icing to the last minute. Of course now I feel worse and have run out of icing sugar. The neighbours might be getting very late, very naked gingerbread men!24 Dec 2024 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3le2b4rslrk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3ld6mjljop22kFirst Christmas card is from my sister and it's making me feel homesick! Roll on February when I'll be back in Adelaide for a month with my mum!13 Dec 2024 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6mjljop22khttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lcpo57g33z27Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 20 Picture: cover of Big Hand For The Band by Bill Morrison #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge07 Dec 2024 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcpo57g33z27https://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lcnrogud3k2xChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 19 Picture: cover of An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge06 Dec 2024 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnrogud3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lckleeek2o2sChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 18 Picture: cover of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge05 Dec 2024 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckleeek2o2shttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lcilm4twcx2fChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 17 Picture: cover of A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge04 Dec 2024 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcilm4twcx2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lcfk7f6qj22pChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 16 Picture: cover of Poo Poo and the Dragons by CS Forrester #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge03 Dec 2024 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfk7f6qj22phttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lcdqwke7ba2mChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 15 Picture: cover of Now We Are Six by AA Milne #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge02 Dec 2024 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdqwke7ba2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lcazpaegka2mChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 14 Picture: cover of A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge01 Dec 2024 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcazpaegka2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lc6mhzitmh2mChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 15 Picture: cover of Love Story by Erich Segal #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge30 Nov 2024 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6mhzitmh2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lc47atcad52xChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13 Picture: cover of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge29 Nov 2024 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc47atcad52xhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lbzokqy6ez2nChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 12 Picture: cover of The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge28 Nov 2024 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzokqy6ez2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lbz4iscobs2eFlight home last night cancelled due to Belfast fog. First direct flight available was Saturday. @britishairways.bsky.social put me in a cab to Heathrow - thank god they paid the £200ish fare - and put me up in a nice hotel28 Nov 2024 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbz4iscobs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lbykv7i2cs2rFlight home to Belfast last night cancelled due to fog. So BA rebooked me to Dublin this morning and put me in a cab from London City airport to Heathrow. 2 hours and 200 quid later I was having a lovely dinner at their expense when I realised Dublin is international from London. No passport! 1/28 Nov 2024 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbykv7i2cs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lbx2myr4yz2xChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 11 Picture: cover of The Elements of Style by Strunk & White #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge27 Nov 2024 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbx2myr4yz2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/belfastkoala.bsky.social/post/3lbw274eecc25Woohoo - unexpected landing slot has become available so we're taking off imminently and only an hour late! Just after they served the dry bikkies and water. Where do they get these miniature bottles? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2024 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:53bph3ihcofpyd2kplufdgor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbw274eecc25