Cannot find Safari folder in Library in Time Machine backups

Hi, In preparing an older MacBook Pro for kid use I deleted all of the Safari bookmarks, not realizing they were synched in iCloud. Therefore, it deleted all Safari bookmarks across all of my computers! Ugh! I'm trying to go back into the Library/Safari folder in Time Machine and restore the bookmarks file (Bookmarks.plist) from a TM backup this morning. But in Time Machine I cannot access the Safari folder in the Library folder in any Time Machine backup except for the more current one.
If I enter Time Machine via the Library/Safari folder I cannot go back in time at all (and that's exactly what I need to do). If I enter Time Machine via the Library folder the Safari folder disappears from all but the most recent backup.
Why is the Safari folder not showing up in previous TM backups? Does this have anything to do with iCloud synch? If so, can I go back in iCloud similar to Time Machine and "resynch" the Safari bookmarks file from this morning?
This is in Yosemite 10.10.1 on a newish 15" MBP.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thanks Sparkleberry, but it's more complicated than that. I quit Safari, unsynched Safari from iCloud, but nothing changed. Then after about 15 minutes I could access ~/Library/Safari in TM, but only for some of the backups. I Restored from a bookmarks.plist file from December 22, 2014, but it was the wrong bookmarks (completely different from the bookmarks I had on my MBP). I Restored the empty bookmarks file again.
The trouble is, ~/Library/Safari is not available for most of my previous backups, and there were many between December 22 and this evening.
The net problem is that ~/Library/Safari/bookmarks.plist simply don't seem to be available beyond the most recent backup (and the random December 22 file).
I read somewhere that you can backup from iCloud backups, but I try as I might I cannot find how to do that, if it can be done.
Thanks!

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