Strawberries, cherries, grapes and maybe pomegranates - it's a veritable fruit salad of tiaras this week!

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a curated collection of websites, a story about Excel doing something it was never meant to do and what happens when a wild hawk finds an endless buffet. I talk about volunteering on Election Day and how the elections turned out for my local area. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

This week's tiara was designed as an objet d'art that could be transformed into many different jewelry pieces.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include scenic shithouses, a dinosaur museum and its desert architecture and a wild ride in a tornado. I found a cute site all about maneki neko, talk about Halloween, got together with old friends and will be volunteering at the polls on election day.

The last Spooky Jewel post of 2026 is a mixed bag of both tricks and treats!

Our penultimate spooky jewel post for this Halloween season is about spider webs.

Today's jewel is more creepy than spooky: a lovely golden necklace full of ... bird heads.

We're taking a break from Spooky Jewels for the regular mid-week tiara post. This week, in honor of the Halloween season, we're taking a look at Black Floral Tiaras!

Today's spooky jewel features a murderous clown.

I'm doing a special little mini-series of blog posts for the Halloween season featuring spooky, creepy or just downright weird (sometimes all 3!) jewelry items. First up - jewelry made using your children's baby teeth.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a search for the lone North Carolinian in Antarctica who voted by mail, everyday items reimagined in stained glass and some trippy chromatic aberrations. I talk about volunteering as a poll observer, my recent afternoon tea adventure and share some more Weird Web October sites I liked. There are some seasonally appropriate spooky/scary/creepy/weird links in Link Lagniappe this week! Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

When making this week's tiara, the creator was inspired by the opera, The Magic Flute.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a gorgeous 300 year old watercolor color-swatch book that is viewable in full page, hi res scans, a story about stadium hot dog launchers and a look at the Open Street Map cartographers of North Korea. There's a Halloween code jam to join, I've found a new online community to be part of and I talk about coming across someone's attempt to rebuild her mother's old website. I share some Libby app tips, some more Weird Web October links and some of the sites I found while exploring Pixel Area. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

This week we're taking a look at tiaras with October's other birthstone, the tourmaline.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include vintage cassettes, dangerous recipes and sweet kitty cakes. I share pictures of the last 2 cross-stitch projects I completed and some more Weird Web October links. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

One of October's birthstones is the opal so today we're taking a look at 3 opal tiaras.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include an interactive exploration in a mysterious place, a system that's definitely not Windows and an archive of over 22,000 web banners from the early web with bonus poetry generator using those banners. I have another picture of my kitty visitor, I talk about a DIY project that's getting the better of me, I have a surgery update and I share some of my favorite Weird Web October entries so far. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

The elements on this week's tiara remind me of something. Did you see it before my explanation?

My weekly blog post. Links this week include an auction featuring lots of cat items, a site where you work with others to recreate painting masterpieces one stroke at a time and an ancient musical tribute to a loved one. I have a kitty visitor! I also show off some postcards I bought. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

This week's tiara is a delightfully colorful one that kind of reminds me of Jolly Rancher candies.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include cosplaying as museum exhibits, an opportunity to engage in some citizen science and putting your site out there on a pixel map. I show off some postcard club mail, shout out a web event and a blog post, I offered up an entry for a digital graveyard and somebody local is making LAN parties still a thing! Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

This week we're taking a look at 6 snaky tiaras.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include some interesting apples, making your own (virtual) Bayeux tapestry and a look at old web forums. I finished a quick cross stitch project but I'm having mixed feelings about it, I shout out a couple of web events, I ponder the possibility of spinning off the jeweled and tiara posts into their own blog and I was approached by an AI agent. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

This week we're taking a look at 5 sapphire tiaras that are a little out of the ordinary.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include an elemental chart showing which ones are safe to lick, the Usenet Archives and a repository of 3D scanned images of publicly accessible restrooms. You can meet Emerald, the mosaic kitty and I talk about my recent hip surgery. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

A pretty tiara that looks like it was painted with watercolors!

Just a few final words.

My weekly blog post. Links this week include the story of the brotherhood keeping mustard pure, a reverse Minesweeper game that involves planting sunflowers and an article about an exhibition of some weird and wild knitted things. I show off awesome dinosaur corn holders, talk about upcoming surgery, the 2025 Edward Gorey Envelope Art Contest and link to the Tiny Site Awards where voting is happening now. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

Sometimes I find sparkly oddities while on a tiara hunt. Sometimes I just find oddities.

Let's close out August with some poppy themed tiaras.