Helen Rees
@catsandteabooks.bsky.social
Interested in medieval mystics and saints, horror films, and Dante: probably posts more about Taylor Swift than the middle ages. Cat person, plant lover. she/they.
📍York
📍York
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"She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting."
O is for Owl Service from my linocut #folkhorroralphabet inspired by the 1967 novel by Alan Garner which he adapted from Welsh folklore. There’s a television series from 1969 which holds up surprisingly well.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting."
Thinking about this picture as my lovely cat Mina attacks my arm. Who needs parasitic lampreys when you have a 6 month old kitten!!
The head of health services in the United States, letting parasitic lampreys bite his arms for some godforsaken reason.
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Thinking about this picture as my lovely cat Mina attacks my arm. Who needs parasitic lampreys when you have a 6 month old kitten!!
my cat is obsessed with watching the tap and I think she's figured out how to turn it on 😭 i keep coming into the bathroom to it running
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
my cat is obsessed with watching the tap and I think she's figured out how to turn it on 😭 i keep coming into the bathroom to it running
went off bluesky for 10 months to read Infinite Jest and live it out by becoming irreparably addicted to instagram (the true entertainment). i am better than everyone else on this app.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
went off bluesky for 10 months to read Infinite Jest and live it out by becoming irreparably addicted to instagram (the true entertainment). i am better than everyone else on this app.
Using my new moka pot this morning to make coffee!! Very excited to have yet another way to make my favourite drink.
January 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Using my new moka pot this morning to make coffee!! Very excited to have yet another way to make my favourite drink.
Trying to convince my boyfriend to go on a date to Whitby with me this week (we are going to see nosferatu tonight and I love themed dates) and everything I say to convince him just makes him let out pathetic little sounds of horror :((
January 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Trying to convince my boyfriend to go on a date to Whitby with me this week (we are going to see nosferatu tonight and I love themed dates) and everything I say to convince him just makes him let out pathetic little sounds of horror :((
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back in york taking like a thousand pictures of myself the minute the fog lifts and the sun comes out ❤️
December 29, 2024 at 11:16 AM
back in york taking like a thousand pictures of myself the minute the fog lifts and the sun comes out ❤️
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Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bones some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
December 18, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bones some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
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Nosferatu isn't out until January 1 in the UK, so please no spoilers for a remake of a movie that came out in 1922 that I have seen, based on a book that came out in 1897 that I have read. thanks
December 25, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Nosferatu isn't out until January 1 in the UK, so please no spoilers for a remake of a movie that came out in 1922 that I have seen, based on a book that came out in 1897 that I have read. thanks
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My interest in vampires is obvious enough that my dad gave me these 😍 can't wait to watch and rewatch nosferatu and read about it (and then tell all my friends and family fun facts they will not care about) <33
December 25, 2024 at 1:53 PM
My interest in vampires is obvious enough that my dad gave me these 😍 can't wait to watch and rewatch nosferatu and read about it (and then tell all my friends and family fun facts they will not care about) <33
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A reminder to all kids: if you weren’t helping your mother and didn’t get any new clothes, Julegeaita, who is actually quite a demonic goat, might abduct you…
Or shit on you.
Or shit in your Christmas morning porridge all the way down the chimney...
Anyway, god jul! 🎄🐐
#gothicadvent #ijulemørket
Or shit on you.
Or shit in your Christmas morning porridge all the way down the chimney...
Anyway, god jul! 🎄🐐
#gothicadvent #ijulemørket
December 24, 2024 at 6:35 PM
A reminder to all kids: if you weren’t helping your mother and didn’t get any new clothes, Julegeaita, who is actually quite a demonic goat, might abduct you…
Or shit on you.
Or shit in your Christmas morning porridge all the way down the chimney...
Anyway, god jul! 🎄🐐
#gothicadvent #ijulemørket
Or shit on you.
Or shit in your Christmas morning porridge all the way down the chimney...
Anyway, god jul! 🎄🐐
#gothicadvent #ijulemørket
got told talking about bdsm and medieval saints was inappropriate at the dinner table ... can't have anything these days because of woke
December 24, 2024 at 8:16 PM
got told talking about bdsm and medieval saints was inappropriate at the dinner table ... can't have anything these days because of woke
The dog is begging for a nibble of embroidery
December 24, 2024 at 11:11 AM
The dog is begging for a nibble of embroidery
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Snowball Fight! ❄️
Some medieval and early modern depictions of people having fun in the snow 🧵
First up is this epic snow battle from The Book of Hours of Adelaide de Savoie, ca. 1460. There's A LOT going on in this one.
Musée Condé MS 76, fol. 12v
Some medieval and early modern depictions of people having fun in the snow 🧵
First up is this epic snow battle from The Book of Hours of Adelaide de Savoie, ca. 1460. There's A LOT going on in this one.
Musée Condé MS 76, fol. 12v
December 23, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Snowball Fight! ❄️
Some medieval and early modern depictions of people having fun in the snow 🧵
First up is this epic snow battle from The Book of Hours of Adelaide de Savoie, ca. 1460. There's A LOT going on in this one.
Musée Condé MS 76, fol. 12v
Some medieval and early modern depictions of people having fun in the snow 🧵
First up is this epic snow battle from The Book of Hours of Adelaide de Savoie, ca. 1460. There's A LOT going on in this one.
Musée Condé MS 76, fol. 12v
Trapped in morrisons while I wait for them to put the vegan turkey option out :(( the concept of cooking christmas dinner for my friends is much more fun than the reality
December 19, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Trapped in morrisons while I wait for them to put the vegan turkey option out :(( the concept of cooking christmas dinner for my friends is much more fun than the reality
I was very ambitious at the start of November with the number of christmas gifts I thought I could make and now I have a box of half finished crafting projects I need to do in a week 😭😭😭 time to catch up on movies and podcasts ig
December 15, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I was very ambitious at the start of November with the number of christmas gifts I thought I could make and now I have a box of half finished crafting projects I need to do in a week 😭😭😭 time to catch up on movies and podcasts ig
Succeeded in having my first full conversation with someone in Italian- it was very broken and I had to ask how to say some things but I'm so pleased with how it is improving 🥰
December 6, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Succeeded in having my first full conversation with someone in Italian- it was very broken and I had to ask how to say some things but I'm so pleased with how it is improving 🥰
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Ragazza cena xxx
December 4, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Ragazza cena xxx
Slaying (standing awkwardly) in Siena
December 3, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Slaying (standing awkwardly) in Siena
Just got ID'd in a restaurant because they saw me trying my mum's wine
December 2, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Just got ID'd in a restaurant because they saw me trying my mum's wine
Every time I go to Europe I immediately mess up and accidentally eat meat 😭 in Siena atm and upon arrival accidentally ordered something including chicken liver and anchovies... I need to take some more Italian lessons 😅😭
December 2, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Every time I go to Europe I immediately mess up and accidentally eat meat 😭 in Siena atm and upon arrival accidentally ordered something including chicken liver and anchovies... I need to take some more Italian lessons 😅😭