My great grandmother, Kate (Kitty) Lyons. Great photo courtesy of a cousin via ancestry.

It's hard to believe from this photo of Rosie showing off her trophy, that she won this competition with a broken third metatarsal!

#last100daysof2025poetry Prompt for 23 October: coming of age "Wisdom comes with age" by Thijs Paanakker is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

What do you do when your ignorant able-bodied fellow students won't make room for you in the disabled priority lift? Rosie fights back the only way she knows how.

A blast from the past. I do love a wee #haiku even though I don't write proper ones. This is from #last100daysof2023poetry

#last100daysof2025poetry #odesinoctober 8 October: wheel of fortune t_tally vacu_us waste _f an even_n_ th_s is n_t qual_ty enterta_nment #poetry #WheelOfFortune

In our recommendations to the UK COVID Inquiry we call for a nationwide public awareness campaign to explain clearly that Long Covid in children is a debilitating and potentially disabling long-term condition. From 2024 - Parents accused of making it up. inews.co.uk/news/parents...

Today's #poem for #last100daysof2025poetry is in response to the prompt 'in the waiting room'. It is dedicated to the current failure of #publichealth #covidisairborne

Today's flashback #haiku is a #poem from a couple of years back. I am proud of this one; it is one of my better efforts.

Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection. "A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases involving over 460,000 U.S. children found those reinfected with COVID-19 during Omicron had over twice the risk of developing long COVID" Source: archive.md/yFaMB

Rosie's piece Prisoner of my Heartrate (a digital rendering of her actual ribcage and ❤️) made it to the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social today in support of Sammie and @longcovidkids.bsky.social .

Today's prompt for #last100daysof2025poetry is 'maritime'. Here's my effort. The #poem is best enjoyed if you also listen to MC Hammer's I Can't Touch This as you read #youcanttouchthis #hammertime

@longcovidkids.bsky.social #youthadvocate Rosie has now shared the work from her #WeAreStillHere exhibition on her insta account, along with the explanation of what is behind the individual works. www.instagram.com/rosiepidgeon...

#last100daysof2025poetry Day 1: off prompt. In memory of the legend Dickie Bird

#last100daysof2025poetry Day 2: heritage day

Betsy goes to work...

From my morning to yours...

Just sold a throw pillow, featuring my design of iconic Samson and Goliath cranes at Belfast docks. Have a look at my redbubble site if you would like to see what else is on offer. www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...

If anyone else would like to add a virtual message to Rosie's piece Rona Lisa 2, please do so. She is looking for kind or supportive things that an adult or friend can say to someone with an #invisibleillness like #longcovid or #mecfs

Walkthrough of the #WeAreStillHere exhibition that opened yesterday.

Terrific performance of Never Enough yesterday by one of the NI Stars vocal coaches, Alana. These guys really helped make the opening of #WeAreStillHere really special. @longcovidkids.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=d8VD...

A piece from my daughter's exhibition #WeAreStillHere with a short #poem of my own. I will finish it some time, but this is about all I have at the moment... @brianbilston.bsky.social

#WeAreStillHere #LongCovidKids

Stunning performance by NI Stars at the @longcovidkids.bsky.social exhibition #WeAreStillHere opening today.

Rosie is exhausted after doing 4 back-to-back interviews yesterday. This is the reality of living with #longcovid and #ME/CFS

#WeAreStillHere, a new exhibition curated by Rosie and supported by @LongCovidKids . The work has all been hung. Opening next week!

Today's poem is inspired by the terrible texture of an avocado. #poetry #poetsofbluesky

This was a very satisfying project to be involved in. #LongCovidKids

📢We are proud to announce the LCK Poster Design Competition winners 2025! 🏆 Overall Winner: Michael J, Age 17 “I’m Not Fine,” immediately caught the attention of our judges- a bold visual style and powerful message, showing that even when someone looks fine, they may not be.

Link to Rosie's forthcoming exhibition, supported by and in collaboration with @longcovidkids.bsky.social Really looking to this. Lots on fabulous new work, including a follow-up to her best known piece, the Rona Lisa. millenniumcourt.co.uk/long-covid-k...

A year ago today, my family and I took a stand with thousands of others in Belfast against the awful racism that pervades UK and Irish society. I fear we will be marching again very soon because it is not getting any better.

Small copper, bonking moths and a caterpillar

I reckon if more people spent lazy mornings picking blackberries with their daughters, the world would be a better place. It certainly makes my world better.

Church, picnic and walk on the beach, followed by bodyboarding and messing around in the sea. That is pretty close to the perfect Sunday. #church #beach #picnic #family #friends

🚨!!PLS SHARE & TAG #pwME !!🚨 @natashadevon.bsky.social TONIGHT on @LBC 7-8pm Re: @decodemestudy.bsky.social asking; 'Were you told it was in your head, and if so what do these findings mean to you?' Tel/WhatsApp 0345 606 0973 SMS 84850 #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #SevereMEDay #LongCovid

@organicbotanic.bsky.social I found a lovely patch of harebells earlier

Drawn by m'daughter as a wedding gift for her cousin. You've never met them of course, but the likeness is remarkable...

Please share with any in the #longcovidkids community that you might know. www.longcovidkids.org/post/design-...

This photo will always break my heart: Rosie watching the waves wash away her wheelchair tracks from the sand. I had tried to drag her across the beach with the rest of the family, but it was too difficult. So she sat with me waiting for the sun to set as the tide sneaked in before us.

All 7 Pidgeons together in one place! Cassie just back from Hungary, Lily from Co Tipperary, Matt from Liverpool... And it's my birthday. So I took them all for lunch.

Looking up I saw The ghost of a mighty tree You only saw dust #haiku

Work in progress

Glorious day in Co. Waterford. Watched what I think was a cormorant bring up three fish in the Suit and the gobble them down. #birds #beaches #sky

A few years ago, my daughter Lily spent a dull Lockdown day dressing her sister up like her doll. Not all the memories of that period are bad, just most of them.

“#Publichealth researchers say strong evidence suggests preventing infection is key to preventing Long Covid, after they found more than a fifth of #children and young people were suffering ongoing symptoms following Covid-19.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Today's #haiku is brought to you by the uplifting and cleansing effect of a wondrous sunset after a rain-sodden day #poetry #ireland #sunset