Stuff below the fold

At the British Museum

The world's weirdest necklace: of hummingbird heads.
Emanuel took out a patent for the use of hummingbirds' heads in 1865, a method which involved removing the feathers from the birds' heads, and attaching them to gold mounts for use in jewellery. Here he has used emerald green and scarlet hummingbirds

headsup Fed By Birds

and don't tell Birdfeeder Father Z:

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AcrossDifficultCountry links to an article saying
The authorities in southern Sudan have unveiled a plan to rebuild the region's cities in the shapes of animals and fruit.

Elaborate blueprints for the new cities have already been drawn up.

The regional capital, Juba, will be relocated and designed in the shape of a rhinoceros. Wau, the capital of Western Bahr el-Ghazal state, is to be a somewhat unwieldy giraffe…

Presumably this is a satire.
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When I lived in Appalachia, we used to collect wild blackberries along the creek.

Cabinet of Wonders has a recipe on Creme de Mûre, a blackberry codial, and other delights from summer fruits.

Another version of the recipe is HERE.

and if this doesn't bring up an Anne of Green Gable memory, it should, although her social disaster was with raspberry, not blackberry, cordial.
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If you are into doll collecting, you might want to check Mary Williams Dollhouse shop has a new blog, about doll collections.

Steampunk Suzie, anyone?
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You know about the Geek Squad, but now The Curt Jester reports there is the God Squad: complete with logo:

So guess what? BestBuy is suing him...

Actually, when you are at a rural hospital and they bring in three critically injured in a car wreck and four stabbed (one dead) from a graduation party all at the same time, our priests in Minnesota were always a great help in comforting the families.

The elderly Catholic priest even had the permission of the local Native American medicine man to pray with his people, knowing the priest was such a holy man...