Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ninjabeaver.social

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Illustrator, Designer, Gamer. Slaughterer of deadlines and small scaly things. Hoomum of Miah and Nova - whippets, ladies of leisure. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ninjabeaver

Photo of a Russell Hobbs slow cooker. Inside are three chicken drumsticks and a large marrowbone.
Photo of a Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar. It has a black stripe with red flashes and a yellow back. It's quite hairy.
Screenshot of text from SkyStats: Content Summary This summary is AI-generated based on top 100 posts by engagement (Prompt). As with all AI models, it may contain errors and misrepresent users' statements. This is experimental - interpret with caution. This account frequently engages with themes surrounding personal life, particularly focusing on their beloved whippets, gardening, and reflections on loss and memory. The user shares heartfelt posts about their dogs, including nostalgic memories and experiences relating to their care. There is a significant emphasis on gardening, where they discuss plant growth, pest management, and the beauty of nature. Additionally, the account touches on social issues, expressing opinions on political matters and sharing concerns about societal events, which adds a layer of depth to the personal narratives. Readers can expect a blend of light-hearted anecdotes about pet parenting, such as amusing moments with their whippets and the trials of gardening in Scotland. The account also delves into more serious topics, including reflections on family, the challenges of healthcare, and social justice issues, making for a well-rounded perspective on the everyday joys and struggles of life.
Fawn and white whippet sleeping peacefully in her bed on a soft, fluffy cream coloured blanket.
Cropped photo of my eyes. I seem to have a damaged blood vessel in the right eye as there's a round blood blob and the eye is a bit bloodshot.
Screenshot of a poll from the BBC website. The question is "Who will win the World Cup". Currently Spain is polling ay 83% and Argentina is polling at 17%.
Front page of today's Daily Mail. The headline is "Boris in the Kill Zone", A heart-stopping dispatch from Ukrainian frontline as ex-PM came under missile fire and dodged death by the roadside." Given Boris Johnson's typical estranged relationship with any sort of truth he probably wrote it in a hotel room.
Photo of a horse 'picture' constructed from river rocks on the bank of the river Esk in Langholm. There's also a somewhat phallic looking collection of stones which I have no idea what they're supposed to represent.
Photo of a teasel plant. It's just over 6ft and hopefully will attract goldfinches when it sets seed.
Photo of the view of Whita Hill from the bridge next to the Parish Church. Our bunting festooned street is just visible behind the Day Centre. It's a lovely sunny morning.
Photo of a barrel pond in front of a timber shed. There is creeping jenny on the shed wall behind the pond. The plants surrounding the pond are coleus, 'Paula Jane' fuchsia. lobelia, heather, a hosta and a flox plant.
Screenshot from the front page of The Guardian website. 5 of the 8 featured stories are about Nigel Farage / Reform and 4 of them feature Count Binface.
The monoblock area of our garden. There are two decorators ladders being utilised as plant shelves up against a cream wall. There are coleus, verbana, ground ivy, bacopa, dianthus and more on them. On one side is a pot of mint, and the other a planter with honeysuckle and a rose bush. Just in shot is a whisky barrel planted with an apple tree, lavender, forget-me-not (in honour of dad) and ivy.
Front cover of "Sighthounds are different" by Leo Steenbergen and Jan V. Güttig. It has an illustration of the heads of various hounds including Afghan, Saluki, Borzoi, Greyhound, Whippet & others.
A small, freshly harvested potato
A sleepy whippet. She is on and under several blankets. She is 'roaching' and has one back foot on her head, and the other approx 6 inches above it. Her front feet are draped across her back feet. She is remarkably limber considering she's 12 years old.
Liver cake sitting on tin foil. It's a bit lumpy, but the whippets don't care.
Screenshot from The Guardian. Article title: Andy Burnham supporters divided over who should be his chancellor Briefing war breaks out between advocates for Wes Streeting and those close to Ed Miliband Captured text: Andy Burnham’s supporters are divided over who should be his chancellor, with a briefing war breaking out between advocates of the former health secretary Wes Streeting and those close to the energy secretary Ed Miliband. Some of those advising the Makerfield MP are urging him to choose Streeting if he becomes prime minister, in a bid to reassure the business community and fossil fuel industry.
Miah the whippet in profile
Miah, the fawn and white whippet in profile. Her face is shot with silver now but her ears are still fawn, her neck is creamy white and she looks beautiful to me. She's gazing out across the garden with out of focus plant containers behind her.
A Caran D'Ache pencil sharpener. The metal hand turning type that can clamp on to you desk.
A hardy geranium that's been flattened by rain.
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Photo of a nuthatch perched upside down on a feeder. It has a sunflower heart in it's beak. The hedge behind is bare, so the photo must have been taken in Autumn/Winter.
Photo of the rowan tree in our garden. It stands in front of the shed. The first image (2023) shows it at around 5-6ft high. It i snow much bigger, and the dilapidated shed in the background was dismantled and a new potting shed added.
Photo of magic markers being tested and sorted into colour groups.
Photo of a lupin plant. The blooms have a purple base with yellow throats, similar to the way a snapdragon can be two different colours. The sky is overcast and it's been raining but the plant is holding up well as it's in a sheltered position.
Large hawthorn tree in full blossom. It sits next to a stone wall behind the parish church in Langholm. Miah, a fawn and white whippet decided to have a wee right in front of it as I took the photo.
Photo of rain blasted potato plants in bags. They were magnificent until today. Now the stems are flopped over under the weight of the persistent rain.
Two whippets staring at the camera. The cartoon sunglsses from the 'thug life' meme have been added to their heads with an image editor. And very fetching they are too.
A fawn and white whippet sleeping peacefully in her bed. She has a green blanket underneath her, vet bed under that and is tucked in with a cream blanket with paws and bones printed on it.
Screenshot of a Google search for "How many ps are there in Google". To which Google, the all knowing, replied "There are 2 "p"s in the word "Google".
Three fabric veg bags with mini pepper plants in. Red for red (and green) peppers, yellow for yellow and orange for orange. Excuse the moss in the monoblock. I'm waiting on a shed roof repair before I blast it all away.
Photo of our barrel pond. Marginal plants are marsh marigold, mini bullrush and water forget-me-not. There's a mystery lily in the pond (still hasn't flowered so no idea) and elodea densa, an oxygenator. There are branches and a large piece of wood scavenged from the local park and the plants surrounding it are: Heather, hosta, lobelia, fuchsia, another lobelia that needs raising up a bit, coleus and phlox at the back. There's a bonus whippet body part in view.
Photo of the ladder before I started wood treating
A fawn and white whippet lying on her side on the lawn in the sunshine. If I'm outside, she's outside. So I'm no longer outside, it's far too hot for her. The grass is lovely and green (for now) the border flowers are starting to bloom and the rowan tree is in blossom.
Erigeron growing on a stone wall. It's a daisy type plant that will grow practically anywhere it can hold on.
Photo of what I believe to be ivy-leaved toadflax growing in the cracks on a stone wall in Scotland. The flowers are small, delicate and similar to a snapdragon but much. much smaller. The petals are a gentle purple with yellow in the centre. It has a creeping habit and small green leaves.
Photo of a newly blooming Papaver Orientale. A giant red poppy, the bloom fully open would probably be around 15-20cm across.
A panel from the comic 'Elektra Assassin' featuring Ken Wind, the President of the US, holding a box with a red button on in his left hand and an assault rifle in his right. The implication is that he'll fire nukes at Russia. "You see he thinks I'm crazy. And I'm the President. So I've got the box. Damn straight."
Short gif of whippet opening her mouth when touched.
A fawn and white whippet stealing toilet paper in the bathroom
A wooden 'bee hotel' on a wall. 6 holes are currently plugged and a bee is investigating one of the vacant holes.
Screenshot from The Guardian. Photos of Andy Burnham and a super shiny Wes Streeting Text as follows: Streeting backs Burnham for return to Westminster, saying he is Labour’s best chance of winning byelection The Greater Manchester mayor is hoping to return to parliament after a Labour MP stepped down, triggering a byelection.
Fawn and white whippet standing in a field on a sunny day.
Whippet running at full extension, she is wearing a racing muzzle and a leather collar. Should really not have let her run with that on.
A fawn and white whippet humping a large colourful caterpillar, apparently called Cleo. Available at Smyths Toys. They seem to be mostly bought by whippet and greyhound people. Can't imagine why....
A whippet about to leap for a ball in a sunny, grassy field. There is a treeline behind her and a tennis ball in mid air.
Pieces of dehydrated beef, done as dog treats. We call them 'crispies' which the dogs have learnt means 'YUM'.
Photo of MRI results from NHS Scotland. "Sarah has had a normal MRI scan for the brain and internal auditory meati as well as the posteria fooa. She does not require further follow up and is discharged."
Garden arch over a path. Lemon tree in front of it and a raised bed with herbs, veg and marigolds. There is a clematis on the fence.
A young whippet doing a textbook baroo (head tilt). Above and below is the text "England go home you're drunk"
Screenshot of my AppData folder, where Chrome has installed something I neither want nor asked for. path is AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\2025.8.8.1141\
Photo of a fawn and white whippet at the edge of Buccleuch Park. She had just failed spectacularly at getting a rabbit. She can put them up, but has so far not been able to bring them down. Crafty souls are very good at ducking in to the undergrowth.
Screenshot of an email from Tesco showing 'Plumbert' their 'friendly fruit and veg giant'. He looks like a monster from Tom Baker's era of Doctor Who.
A whippet in a grey fleece with a fluffy football
A tray of 15 coleus plants in seedling cells.