With the thinning of the veil, the eternal lychgate of time and memory awaits and the spirits of the otherworld draw ever nearer with their gifts of ancestral love, strength and wisdom.

Transformation now beckons.

What am I willing to bring into the dark?

✨ Blessed Samhain ✨

If windows could talk?

Would they reveal the happenstance of a young woman intent on a mysterious rendezvous who walks into the dark night never to return?

YOU WALK. WE TALK.

The Box Office Awaits!

#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #TrueCrimeThursday #ChristmasGhosts #StillSleuthing 🔍

'Him who is dead and gone, honour with remembrance, not with tears' ~ Saint John Chrysostom.

Framed by infant ferns and vibrant autumnal leaf - a partially buried gravestone protects the long forgotten at rest.

⚰ Parish Churchyard of Holy Trinity Micklegate. York. UK.

#StillSleuthing 🔍

As the 'Witching Hour' beckons and the veil grows thin 'twixt the living and the dead - I've returned to desk and kettle duty.

And, for those curious about the trials and tribulations of the long-forgotten dead of Yorkshire - why not join me?

I vanish at 4pm.

Still Sleuthing 🔍@yorkfhs.bsky.social

As the veil ‘twixt the worlds is growing ever thinner - a favourite has been plucked from the bookshelf in which to while away the hours of an October evening.

#SoQuietus #TarotQuester #SpiritualCoach #TeeTarot #Bibliophile #AmReading @teebylo.com

Hey Tee! Enough already with the sleuthing, storytelling, scribbling or spiritual questing as TODAY is #NationalCatDay

Sincerely,
The Feline 😻

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Dear Furry Familiar,
Isn't every day National Cat Day around here?

Your Humble Servant,
Tee

P.S. How can I work under these conditions? 😘

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With a nod to Yuletide - The Polite Tourist presents an EVENING walk in YORK through NOVEMBER and DECEMBER.

Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last.

The Box Office awaits!
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As the design AND deadline of another 12th scale world beckons - a cornucopia of stripwood awaits my creative ponderings.

The view from my world on #InternationalArtistDay 🪚🛠️✏️

#LadyBrigante #CrookedHen #MiniMori #SomewhereSmall

Within an old Yorke churchyard - it has been rumoured that a sleuth of infamy bedecked in black and armed with only her wits has been in search of the long forgotten ghosts.

For those eager to hear of her nocturnal rootling - our Box Office awaits!

#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante

Signed. Sealed. Delivered. I'm Yours?

Alas, not for poor Elizabeth maister and her illegitimate daughter as her lover begged the parish wardens for anonymity with the promise of a generous cash settlement in the year 1806.

Who said romance is dead?

#StillSleuthing 🔍 The Borthwick. York. UK.

'This Star for a Moment Given'

Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851.

🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.

#GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. Old soul Tee, the founder of SOQUIETUS SPIRITUAL is a professional quester.

A student of the esoteric and fierce admirer of the power of holistic tarot, ritual and ancestral healing – Tee is a spiritual life coach and ceremonialist.

SoQuietus Spiritual at soquietus.com

I have been haunting the archives since my teenage years and they are still one of THE most exciting places to visit when I’m in pursuit of those elusive ancestors!

If you need a sleuth to haunt an archive, why not cast your eye what's on offer at deadsleuth.com?

#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, Scarboro', and beyond.

As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...

DEAR TEE,

When those elusive ancestors have been left to their peace and the storytelling streets of York and beyond have fallen quiet - what do YOU do?

CURIOUS

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DEAR CURIOUS,

Inquiring minds may find a smidgen of satisfaction within the pages of the OCTOBER 'Dalesman'

SINCERELY TEE

'The lawn is pressed by unseen feet and ghosts return...' ~ T. S. Eliot

Nestled within Olde Yorke, 'tis whispered that sixty translucent folk and creatures patiently await and that you have until the second day of November by which to make their acquaintance.

Seek and see!

#StillSleuthing 🔍

Are you intrigued or perplexed about the history of your ancestors?

The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles of their own family history.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍

Whiling away an October afternoon among the dead of York with @ancestralenq.bsky.social

🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.

#LadyBrigante #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #Genealogist #StillSleuthing 🔍

A broken wing, a halo and with one tiny perfect foot peeking out from under an elaborate stone gown while protected by a delicate cobweb are all that remains of an angel perched upon an tombstone.

⚰ York Cemetery. UK.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Trawling through the parish registers from the City of York for sight of an elusive betrothal at @yorkfhs.bsky.social is not proving easy this morning.

Thank goodness help is at hand during my sleuthing hour of need.

Still Sleuthing 🔍

P.S. Those registers are paper copies and NOT the real deal!

Iconic, beautiful and deserted. The Winners' Enclosure at York Racecourse has beckoned...

The view from my world at dusk.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

Peace perfect peace as a September sun sets on an old church spire.

The view from my world as the sun bids adieu.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #MondayMeander #StillSleuthing in York 🔍

Against a cerulean blue sky, a street lamp plays peek-a-boo against the lush green leaves of an old tree.

The view from my world at dusk.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #SundayStroll #StillSleuthing in York 🔍

"Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins." ~ Jennifer Donnelly

The view from my world this afternoon.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #Genealogist #StillSleuthing at Scarborough 🔍