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Nighttime Tea
@nighttimetea.bsky.social
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A hot cup of tea on a cold starry night.

Living in Kanata. They/ Them. Left, and I don't mean handed. No AI.

I follow people intentionally not for numbers, so if I followed you, I think you're neat.

Am I writing the book or is the book writing me? :O
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November 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Northern Flicker.
I know your habitat, call, nesting habits.
But I know not your name, which your lover called and called, though you could not get up.
Maybe if I had learned it, I could have saved you.
Who can teach the language that will save us all?

#nature #poetry #death #vss #poem #writing
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
nighttimetea.bsky.social
Added this to my read pile today.

Moon, Sun, and Witches: Gender Ideologies and Class in Inca and Colonial Peru
-Irene Marsha Silverblatt

#booksky #history #feminism #genderstudies #gender #witchcraft #reads
Cover for the book Sun, Moon,, and WItches: : Gender Ideologies and Class in Inca and Colonial Peru Irene Marsha Silverblatt> Book cover is a light salmon pink with a woodcut in red ink of people in a hilly region planting in a field.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
nighttimetea.bsky.social
My next read.

The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island

#booksky #read #reading #nonfiction #lgbt+reads
Book cover, a blond shirtless man wearing blue pants and knee high red boots sits in the back of a rearing white horse that appears to have scales. A woman hangs on to a red sash at the man's waist, she is naked except for high heels and has animal traps slung over one shoulder. There may be a net flowing down on the other side of her but it's hard to tell.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
nighttimetea.bsky.social
Chicken Marsala, a first for me, but for sure, not a last.

#cooking 🍜 #food
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Daily Batty

What's he thinking? Wrong answers only. (Because no one can truly know the mind of a cat so we're all wrong in advance).

#catsofbluesky #cats #blackcats #cute
Batty the black cat laying upright on a bed staring down-left at who knows what, his eyes are blank and he has a blep, what thoughts or no thoughts lurk behind those adorable vacant eyes?
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Hehe, I love it <3 Here's his morning attack face
Batty lying on the bed staring at the camera, mouth open prepared to strike.
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Yes
A blurry action shot of Batty wrapped around an arm in mid-attack.
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Have a cute batty pic as a thank you <3
Batty the black cat laying in summer grass, dandelions around, on his side mouth kinda open with lil teeth fangs out staring up, paws in the air.
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
Book cover for the Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Pumpkin orange background with a photo of a black cat from the neck up. The cat looks off to the left with jaw partly open to reveal lower fangs.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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One writer to another, I invite you to write a haiku about my cat. His name is Batty.

#blackcats #writingcommunity
Batty reclines, face bathed in morning sunlit. His black fur is chocolate brown and his eyes are closed. Shadows play on his lower half. Content.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The blackberries were so big I could only fit a few in my hands before gently laying them into the basket.
It smells like flowers, honey, and sweet dark wine.

The pride of this season's growth, here, I am grateful. So I swear to care for this hedge, as it cares for me.

#write #food #gardening
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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It's Batty's 2nd birthday!

Mischief Night suits him very much.

Likes:
Hair elastics
Pipe cleaners (I stg he can smell them. He's banned from them but if there's a stray one in the house he will find it)
Strawberry cat toys
Morning cuddles
Happy drooling
Attacking feet
Showers

#blackcats #cats
A black cat tugging at a hair elastic on a pumpkin stem with his teeth. He has one paw on the pumpkin and is really going for it. They're on top of a dark wood grained table, there is a pantry and light colored curtains in the background. The author may have exploited kitties' love for elastics to get this picture but he got it in the end. Same black cat triumphantly laying on a floor mat beside a vanquished hair elastic.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Welcome :) we share a love of writing and black cats. Mine is named Batty.
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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##blackcats #cat #catsky
A black cat with yellow eyes is perched on a wooden grape trellis, looking away from the camera. Bunches of dark grapes and yellow leaves are in the background.
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Completed two back to back playthroughs of The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante by Sever & Schisma Games.

Is suffering just our Lot? How much will you compromise for your goal? Are you just the byproduct of your time? 7/10

Choices Matter
Story Rich
Interactive Fiction
Indie
Medieval
Dark Fantasy
Image of the title screen for the game The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante in Times of the Fall of the Blessed Arknian Empire. Style is done in woodcut black and white. A man, face downcast, clutches a book and quill to his chest. Behind him a city sprawls.
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Black and white of me from a lifetime ago.

#photography #b&w #winter
A picture of a grey sunk in sky coming down onto distant snowy mountains on the horizon. Nighttime Tea stands alone on a white expanse of ice looking out toward the mountains.
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Baron Batrick "Batty" LeBelfry sternly surveys his kingdom like the noble, yet somewhat bloodthirsty, ruler that he is.

#cats #blackcats #catsky #autumn
A black cat sits amidst grass and fallen autumn leaves and foliage. He is staring out into the distance with yellow eyes.
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
nighttimetea.bsky.social
My bucket list item was stealing your hoodie
A photo of OP and trashphault in a public bathroom OP is wearing trash's hoodie. they are masked.
October 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Pulled pork, braised potatoes, restaurant style slaw.
Veggies from the farm stand, nothing tastes better this time of year than local produce.

#food
A white plate holds green coleslaw with a creamy dressing and celery seed, furls of saucy bbq pork, and slow roasted tender potatoes.
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
nighttimetea.bsky.social
A walk: from the perspective of my 7 year old.

I love the photos they take, they have an effortless charm that makes them interesting and touches my heart.

#photography #flowers
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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My regal catfriend, Batrick "Batty" LeBelfry enjoying the last rays of autumn sunshine.

#blackcats #cats #catsky
A black cat sitting and looking up toward the camera that is pointing down panning along a wooden gate. the cat looks stern and regal, yellow eyes slightly narrowed. There is green bindweed growing riotously behind him and a tuft of grass to the right.
October 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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I really got sourdough bread down pat but I just can't handle the upkeep T_T
Rye starter, half whole grain baker's blend, half white bread flour. No recipe, just intuition.

#cooking #bread #food
Loaf of crusty sourdough resting on a tea towel that has bees and plants on it. There is a bread pannier in the background and everything rests on a dark wood grain table.
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I love browsing vintage magazines over a cup of tea and dreaming about what to make for Christmas. By the time the holidays hit I'm usually too overwhelmed with SAD to do it, but I like to dream.

#food #cooking #baking #vintage #magazines
Vintage cover of Canadian Living magazine The Merry Christmas Cookbook Special, 1983. In bubblegum pink and light yellow orange typewriter style font it reads, Sweet season's greetings. Chocolate orange meringue torte (featured picture) tangerine liqueur, Irish cream souffle, sparkling berry punch. Stuffings and trimmings savory rich Stuffings, sensational salads, festive vegetables. Holiday gatherings, 3 parties with punch, new year's brunch, dinner for 8. The torte stands tall with layers of pale creamy meringue in the centre of two chocolate tortes. The top is piled with chocolate roses, whipped cream rosettes, chocolate covered cherries, and shaved orange peel.
October 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM