• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
The Art of Doing Stuff
menu icon
go to homepage
  • HOUSE
  • COOKING
  • GARDEN
  • HOW-TO
  • EXTRA
  • Subscribe
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • search icon
    Homepage link
    • HOUSE
    • COOKING
    • GARDEN
    • HOW-TO
    • EXTRA
    • Subscribe
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • ×
    Home » Random Stuff

    Red, White & Blue - The Puzzle

    September 9, 2023 by Karen 10 Comments

    Pin
    Share
    Email
    0 Shares

    More appropriate wording for this title would be red, blue & white as opposed to red, white & blue but that isn't as catchy. See what I got for the low, low price of $20 last week at the flea market.

    This isn't what you'd call a fine example of collectible flow blue. In fact, it isn't even flow blue. It's reproduction Victoriaware, probably made in the 80's or 90's.

    But it has a good look and I liked it as soon as I saw it for my dining room table. Which is why as soon as I got it home I put it in the kitchen and filled it with tomatoes.

    It looks good in there too.

    Yep. It's full of fruit flies. Yep. I'm using this to get rid of them. I'm also using these mason jar screw on caps which I've never had success with before, but this year I gave them another shot and they're working great.

    I always forget to mention (advice I've ignored right here) that to get rid of fruit flies you HAVE to get rid of their main source. In this case the tomatoes in the fake flow blue bowl.

    For a while this summer I covered my village of tomatoes on the counter with cheesecloth to keep the fruit flies off.

    It would have been a success had I not completely forgotten they were under there until a few started to liquify.

    Out of sight, out of mind, out of tomato salad ingredients.

    The 16 Piece Puzzle

    You can now make the puzzle with as many or as few pieces as you want.

    Would you like to save this stuff?

    We'll email you this post, so you can refer to it later.

    WANT MORE PUZZLE PIECES?

    CLICK THE 3 DOTS ON THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE PUZZLE. Then click "CHANGE NUMBER OF PUZZLE PIECES". You'll be able to select however many pieces you want up to over 200 pieces.

    To make the puzzle as reliable as possible:

    1. Sign up for a Jigidi account and sign in before you do the puzzle. This will automatically save your puzzle for you so you don't lose it if you walk away from it for too long.
    2. Hold your phone or tablet horizontally, not vertically.

    1:06 for me. For a 16 piece puzzle. That was so pathetic, I thought I'd do it again. So I did. 51 seconds for the second try.

    Now I felt like I was kind of on a roll so I did it again.

    44 seconds.

    One more time. Because now it's a game.

    34 seconds.

    This is where I cashed my chips in, called myself a winner and made a tomato sandwich

    Have a good remainder of your weekend!

    More Random Stuff

    • The First Long Weekend of the Season
    • 🥔 How to Grow Cheatsheet - Potatoes in Zone 6
    • Spring Tune-Up: Sharpen It Now, Curse It Less Later
    • We Come In At Dark

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

      Leave a Reply Cancel reply

      Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

      Recipe Rating




      The maximum upload file size: 512 MB. You can upload: image, audio. Links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other services inserted in the comment text will be automatically embedded. Drop file here

    1. Kat - the other 1

      September 17, 2023 at 11:13 am

      Maybe you should screen print some tea towels or flour sacks with "TOMATOES," and use those to cover them with? Maybe a pretty picture of some of your tomatoes too. Then you'll know what's under there. Tada! 😁

      Reply
    2. Linda in Illinois

      September 10, 2023 at 10:21 pm

      Love the blue and tomatoes. It’s perfect.

      Reply
    3. Randy P

      September 10, 2023 at 10:57 am

      Just wondering on a sunny Sunday morn - is it just my aging eyeballs or was some digital trickery used to make the tomatoes look like a painting on canvas?

      Reply
      • Karen

        September 10, 2023 at 10:09 pm

        No digital trickery, lol. Wait. Do you mean Photoshop? Then yes I used digital trickery for enhancing the pic. ~ karen!

        Reply
        • Randy P

          September 10, 2023 at 10:40 pm

          To MY ancient oculars the bowl looks photo clear and the tomatoes look like an oil painting. NOT a criticism, pretty interesting effect in fact.

    4. LeeAnne Bloye

      September 10, 2023 at 9:57 am

      Love the bowl! Lucky find!

      Reply
    5. Barb

      September 10, 2023 at 9:49 am

      49 seconds, but who's counting! Anyway, lovely bowl and great find. I'm sad that our tomatoes seem to be coming to an end for the year as we didn't get as many as last year, not even enough to freeze for winter use. Oh well, maybe next year??? Just grateful to have had some stellar BLT's this summer.

      Reply
      • Karen

        September 10, 2023 at 10:57 am

        Every spring I plant too many tomatoes. Every fall I say never again. And repeat. Even if I only got 1 tomato from every plant I'd have too many tomatoes for one person. 😆 karen!

        Reply
      • Karen

        September 10, 2023 at 10:07 pm

        You stopped before you beat my time?! I could never. I'm even thinking of giving it another shot, lol. ~ karen!

        Reply
    6. Carrie Anne

      September 10, 2023 at 12:28 am

      Nice flea market find! Why can't I ever find something like that??
      Fruit flies.....ugh. Don't I know them well.... I have one more pile of tomatoes left on my counter and tomorrow they will be sauce! I have to say thank goodness! By this time I'm fed up with the veggies that are coming out of my ears. Lol
      Still waiting for my loofahs but it may be a lost cause as I didn't realize you had to start them inside quite early. But hey, at least they made it to the growing stage (about 7-8 inches) as they are very Finicky!
      Keeping my fingers crossed. Still have to pull all my butternut squash and taters and the pumpkins went crazy this year. Especially the white!
      Thanks for the puzzle and enjoy the weekend =}

      Reply

    Primary Sidebar

    SHOP ON AMAZON

    Use it 👆 to support my work. LEARN MORE

    My name is Karen Bertelsen and I was a television host. In Canada. Which means in terms of notoriety and wealth, I was somewhere on par with the manager of a Sunset Tan in Wisconsin.

    I quit television to start a blog with the goal that I could make my living through blogging and never have to host a television show again. And it’s worked out. I’m making a living blogging. If you’re curious, this is how I do that.

    So I’m doing this in reverse basically. I’m the only blogger who is trying to NOT get a TV show.

    More about me 👋

    Seasonal Articles

    • The Subtle Signs of a Sick Cat

    • One Of My Best Backyard Hacks Ever

    • How to Remove a Tick - Barf

    • Vegetable Gardening Ideas for May

    • The 2025 Dahlia Pageant: Meet the 21 Contestants

    • 5 Delicious Things To Make With Rhubarb

    Popular Articles

    • This Is Where I Try To Buy Your Love

    • Guaranteed Crispy Sweet Potato Fries & Sriracha Mayo Dip

    • A Year Full of Pots: Win Sarah Raven's New Book

    • The Difference Between People Who Eat Mayo & People Who Eat Miracle Whip

    • Your FIRST look at my new kitchen in Canadian Living Magazine.

    • How to Print an Image on Wood.

    Footer

    as seen in

    About

    • About
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates

    Social

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • Pinterest