Some people say they have found pennies from heaven - my mom sent me scarabs.

I like reading Ask a Manager's Mortification Week stories not out of a sense of schadenfreude but more out of a sense of camaraderie.

This week's tiara is the striking and exotic Gothic Tiara, created for Mary, the Princess Royal to commemorate her engagement to the Earl of Harewood.

This is the dish I am (virtually) bringing to the Small Web Potluck.

My mom always hoped I'd be a writer.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a poetry request, human AI and an exhaustive accounting of snakes in films. I found a new group to write postcards for, received a postcard of my own and will be joining the 2nd Annual Small Web (Virtual) Potluck. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

I share some photos of impressive haboobs and talk a bit about Arizona's yearly monsoon season.

Another one of the jeweled oddities I've come across while hunting down tiaras.

Hoping for a happily ever after in my life and learning to be content with whatever may come.

A selection of tiaras with peridots, the August birthstone.

Every time I think about this, I get a little frisson of wonder.

Just a little story about how I came to own a Divorce Ring, prompted by seeing mention of divorce rings on another blog that I read.

I decided at the last minute that I would participate in Blaugust this year!

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a search engine for museum art, glittery rhino poo and how the Romans were really into road endpoints. I talk about cherries, finding shades for the cool thrift store lamps from last week and postcarding. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

Here's one more ruby tiara to finish off the month of July. And it is suspiciously leafy.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include disappearing Tokyo train station melodies, a thorough detailing of all the computers and software used in the original Jurassic Park movie and Egyptian princesses weren't just pretty, they were BAMFs. I talk about my cool thrift store find, this week's foray in wearing perfume and cherries - eating them and making them into a delicious libation. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

I have 2 really unusual ruby tiaras to show off this week - the Muscat Tiara and Barbara Hutton's Papyrus Tiara.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a site where you receive a message but first you have to leave one, paintings on paper towels and a virtual museum of mechanical keyboards you can actually "type" on. Another cross stitch project has been completed! I talk about cross stitch drama, slogging through AI while searching for an image and an upcoming visit to the doctor. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

This week's tiara is made out of micromosaics featuring scarab beetles and a random dove. Lots of links in the rabbit hole this week about Georgian jewelry.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include cheese theft, a rabbit hole of small web sites and the digitised notebooks of Charles XII which are filled with doodles. I finished another cross stitch project, more postcard club mail has arrived and, like the older person I am, I talk about the weather. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

Bonus blog post this week! I come across a lot of amazing jeweled things in my tiara searches and some of them are just too good not to share. This week I'm introducing you to Harold Hodges and his opal teeth!

This week I'm showing off an absolutely stunning hair comb by Louis C. Tiffany. The jeweled magnificence of the dragonflies and the very natural look of the dandelion seed heads make a beautiful and intriguing dichotomy.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include information about a nationwide community art exhibit you are invited to make fabric panels for, the Hello Kitty Lawsuit Tracker and a digital graveyard of websites with a lot of detailed information on the sites, plus a few that are still hanging on by a thread. I've been doing some more postcarding and I talk about my webweaving process (which is scary). Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

I come across tiara stories while hunting down tiaras on the web. Here I'm sharing the tales of a tiara made for a prized pet, the end result of a design competition and the story of a woman who wanted a tiara and ended up having one made for herself.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include there's something alive in the fog, the dirt that wouldn't die and a shrine to stuffed (plushy) animals. I went to a play and got more postcard club mail. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

An unusual tiara this week, with oak leaves and acorns covered in turquoise.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a thespian feline, analog ASCII art and a directory of sites that have that Old Web feel. I checked out a new coffee place and I'm leaving Roku and going back to a media PC. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

I've already done a post with floral tiaras but there are so many more out there that I thought this week we'd take a look at 6 more.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include an encyclopedia of all things to do with herring, an article on why old school sites like Ian's Shoelace Site are disappearing from the web and an interactive map of lighthouses (and beacons and minor lights) of the northern seas. I had some more postcard club mail come in and I did some get out the vote postcarding of my own. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

This tiara was created from brainwaves!