I'm told that necessity is the mother of invention. In the process of combating a springtime ant invasion, I placed the sugarbowl inside a bowl half-filled with water.
Ants may have incredible drive, but they seem to be unwilling to take the plunge.

After the Mother's Day brunch, I added a few of J.Marie's decorative pansies, and voila` ... .. I invented P M S

(Pansy Moat Sugarbowl)

Oh well, it's adds a bit of cheer - and that cancels out a bit of gloom, right?