[Artemisia] A Question for the Vikings

[Caointiarn]

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From: "Lady Flora" <lady_flora at msn.com>
>
> Living out in the country, I have access to bushels and bushels of wild 
> rose
> hips.  When in bloom, these wild roses are the typical five-petaled pink
> rose.
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> Lady Flora of Heronton
>

Allow me to tell a story about rose hips.......Once upon a time,a friend and 
I lived in Whitefish, MT.  We decided to gather rose hips & dry them for use 
later.  After acquiring a multitude of the said hips, we spread them out on 
cookie sheets & put them in the oven to start drying out (gas oven, heat 
from pilot light).  We took our rest that evening, concerned for nothing a 
but a good night's sleep.

Upon rising in the morning, what should greet us in our most humble mobile 
abode but a complete, utter and massive ladybug infestation!  Apparently, 
they were in the rose hips.......

Morgan