Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

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Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 14d

My yellow #neocaridina #shrimp have finally started popping out some shrimplets. 🦐🦐 They also like the snowflake food. ☺️

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 17d

This just came up in my 'memories'. Miah at 1yr old. She was ludicrously fit back then. She's pretty much the same weight now, but definitely not as muscular, and muscle is heavier than fat.

Photo of Miah, a fawn and white whippet. She is 1 year old, and looking very fit. She is standing on her hind legs with her front poors on the washing machine, checking out what's on the kitchen worktop. Commonly known as 'Counter Surfing'.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 20d

Pumpkin (actually butternut squash this time) & Peamutt butter (dog safe brand) biscuits done. Bone Broth on for the next 23hrs. Dehydrating meat will have to wait until tomorrow. Don't say I never do anything for our dogs! Dog tax attached. #whippets #DogsOfBluesky

Photo of a Russell Hobbs slow cooker. Inside are three chicken drumsticks and a large marrowbone.

Miah and Nova. Mum and daughter. Whippets. They are snuggled up under blankets, next to each other - which is extremely rare. Miah prefers to snuggle with us.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 20d

Got a couple of half decent photos of the Grey Dagger moth caterpillars on my apple tree. I'm not concerned, they can have a few leaves, it won't hurt. They're beautiful! I'll have to dig my bridge camera out and get a better shot.

Photo of a Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar. It has a black stripe with red flashes and a yellow back. It's quite hairy.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 21d

Hah, this is hilarious. I'm an absolute miserabilist so no idea how the AI came up with this opinion.. From skystats.mariozechner.at

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.

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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 seems to be a delightful mix of canine capers and horticultural hijinks, with an affectionate nod to nostalgia that might just make you tear up over a potato. You’ve got whippets that are probably more pampered than most royal pets, and a garden that sounds like a secret meeting ground for all the plants in Scotland to gossip about their human. Seriously, if plants had a social media platform, they’d be retweeting this account for sure.

The owner might have a second career as a professional dog whisperer or a plant therapist with the amount of heartfelt content they churn out. From liberating butterflies to contemplating the emotional weight of a potato harvest, they’re here to remind us that everyday life is a mix of joy, laughter, and the occasional existential crisis about whether or not their plants might be plotting against them.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 23d

My gorgeous girl asleep under my desk. Weird how whippets seem to get fluffier in their senior years.

Fawn and white whippet sleeping peacefully in her bed on a soft, fluffy cream coloured blanket.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 23d

Not sure I like the look of this! 🫤

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 24d

Laughing at the BBC's poll. They might as well have just called it "Who do you want to win the World Cup?"

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%.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 25d

Don't threaten me with a good time.

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 25d

Spotted on the bank of the Esk this morning. I have no idea 🤣 although it could be related to the Common Riding at the end of the month.. Nice use of twigs!

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 29d

SO pleased with the rowan tree. I think it was less than 6ft when I got it in 2023 and we had to re-seat it in 2024 to bring the root flair up to the surface. Since then it's thrived and at a guess I'd say is around 15ft now. Also sweet peas and the awesome teasel plant, easily 6ft+.

Photo of a teasel plant. It's just over 6ft and hopefully will attract goldfinches when it sets seed.

Photo looking up at the rowan tree (Sheerwater Seedling)

The rowan we planted in 2023, is now approximately 15ft and loaded with berries. More food for the birds!

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· 29d

The buntings up for the Common Riding. 🥳🥳

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.

The bottom of our street, looking back up towards town with Whita Hill in the distance. It's mainly Victorian terraces built with Whita stone in 1860. The sun is streaming in over the roof tops. The bunting is criss crossing the road in preparation for the Common Riding on 31st July.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jul 10

I accidentally made a fake tree when the branch I moved out of the way on the barrel pond got laid against the timber shed and under the creeping jenny. #gardens #pond #bloomscrolling

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jul 8

Hahaha... I love this. 4 out of 5 stories with a photo of Fartrage on are split between him and @countbinface.bsky.social

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jul 8

Pleased with how my late dad's ladders are working out. 🥰 The apple tree in the whisky barrel to the left was grown from seeds I harvested from a tree he planted in his garden a few decades ago. No root stock so the apples (if I get any) will be a bit meh. But that's not the point.

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jul 2

🧵 1. Got sent this brilliant little book today. Very niche, but great if you have sighthounds. Mum had a lot of problems with 'pet vets' in the past. But greyhound vets are few and far between now. Can recommend! Might be in the Whippet Rescue shop in time, hopefully.

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.

Inner page of "Sighthounds are different". Reads as follows:

Although one is tempted to think that sighthounds are sprinters (up to 800 meters), some breeds are able to hunt over long distances, some more than 2km.

Experienced vets who have worked with sighthounds as a patient many times do know how different they are to other breeds. Most sighthounds share the same biological characteristics.

It is therefore important to find a veterinarian who is familiar with the physiological abnormalities of sighthounds in contrast to "normal dogs". This way we can make sure that the dog is not automatically treated like other breeds, which might lead to a false diagnosis and treatment.

A routine visit to the vets sometimes may result in unexpected consequences, this is because many vets think that they are familiar with sighthounds. This way they may make a wrong diagnosis and give wrong medication. Misdiagnosis and false medication cannot be summarized in one sinle page.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jul 1

🧵 1. Growing potatoes for the first time in my life. I've done them in a bag and I know I put too many in, so haven't been expecting much. The rain/heat combos have also battered the plants, so I decided to dig down a bit and have a look. My very first potato! No rot, still small but POTATO! 🥔 🥳

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jul 1

just over 12 years as a #whippet parent and I will never understand how this is remotely comfortable...

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 29

Made liver cake for the girls. Whenever I unroll kitchen foil, Nova teleports into the kitchen. At least that's what it feels like... Recipe: 500g liver, 2 eggs, 200g milled oats and a splash of milk. They bloody love it.

Liver cake sitting on tin foil. It's a bit lumpy, but the whippets don't care.

Nova, a fawn and white whippet, bowing and looking soulful because she wants some liver cake.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 23

Yes, yes. Because the business community and fossil fuel industry what really matters. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 22

Huh. Portrait mode took her whiskers away. No fair. This is what she looks like without the soft focus bobbins.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 22

My Silver Soulmate ♥️ Still beautiful after all these years. #whippet #DogsOfBluesky #SkyHounds

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 21

Happy anniversary to my wonderful husband. 34 years together and 18 years married. My soul mate. And look what he got me! 😮 He gets me. ♥️

A Caran D'Ache pencil sharpener. The metal hand turning type that can clamp on to you desk.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 20

Novice veg grower here. Do I cut the lower leaves off these sprout plants? Also, damn you Scottish weather. My geranium 😭

A hardy geranium that's been flattened by rain.

A Brussels sprout plant in a raised bed.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 16

There's more to the UK than fecking London. How about you just have trending hashtags rather than this curated bollocks.

Trending list on Bluesky

1. London Politics
2. Knicks
3. Cubs
3. New Zealand Sports
5. Love Island

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 12

That is true. I was pretty distressed to see it, so small and so lovely. They're definitely up the top of my fave small birds list. This is one I managed to get a photo of before we moved to Scotland.

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 11

I love my rowan tree. And my potting shed. ♥️

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 11

Testing and sorting my Magic Markers. Do they even sell these anymore?

Photo of magic markers being tested and sorted into colour groups.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 5

These lupin blooms were blue and purple last year. For some reason it's grown back with yellow 'throats'. I love them!

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.

Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@ninjabeaver· Jun 4

Took a photo of this glorious tree down the park. I'm pretty sure it's a hawthorn. Miah decided to erm ... pose for me.