{"id":2470,"date":"2019-02-28T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-14T13:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T13:51:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--link_hover_color: #72845c;--link_color: #000000;--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-background-blend-mode:overlay;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" 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srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27377%27%20height%3D%2760%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20377%2060%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27377%27%20height%3D%2760%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/HOMEHDR-200x32.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/HOMEHDR.jpg 377w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-no fusion-blog-layout-left\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:10px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -10px !important; margin-right:-10px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-3 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"17\" data-grid-col-space=\"20\" style=\"margin: -10px -10px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-5360\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5360 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-monarchbutterflies tag-monarchbutterfliesincrease tag-springmigration tag-springmigrationmap\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-Spring-migration-map-and-good-news-about-monarchs-April-2026.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-Spring-migration-map-and-good-news-about-monarchs-April-2026.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-Spring-migration-map-and-good-news-about-monarchs-April-2026-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-Spring-migration-map-and-good-news-about-monarchs-April-2026-400x600.png 400w, 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Map\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/2026-spring-migration-map\/\" aria-label=\"2026 Spring Migration Map\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/2026-spring-migration-map\/\">2026 Spring Migration Map<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/2026-spring-migration-map\/\">Read more for links.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5357\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5357 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-wonderandjoyforthewiredandtired tag-1000hoursoutside tag-podcast tag-wonderchangeseverything\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Podcast-image-for-1000-hours-outside-podcast-with-Ginny-Yurich-April-2026.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Podcast-image-for-1000-hours-outside-podcast-with-Ginny-Yurich-April-2026.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Podcast-image-for-1000-hours-outside-podcast-with-Ginny-Yurich-April-2026-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Podcast-image-for-1000-hours-outside-podcast-with-Ginny-Yurich-April-2026-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Podcast-image-for-1000-hours-outside-podcast-with-Ginny-Yurich-April-2026-600x900.png 600w, 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Podcast\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wonder-changes-everything-1000-hours-outside-podcast\/\" aria-label=\"Wonder changes everything &#8211; 1000 Hours Outside Podcast\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wonder-changes-everything-1000-hours-outside-podcast\/\">Wonder changes everything &#8211; 1000 Hours Outside Podcast<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>   <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5347\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5347 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-wonderandjoyforthewiredandtired tag-connectionsbetweenmindbodyhealth tag-livingalifefullofwonderandjoy tag-wonderandjoy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-image-for-neuroscientist-article-I-shared.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-image-for-neuroscientist-article-I-shared.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-image-for-neuroscientist-article-I-shared-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-image-for-neuroscientist-article-I-shared-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-image-for-neuroscientist-article-I-shared-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-image-for-neuroscientist-article-I-shared-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MNA-image-for-neuroscientist-article-I-shared.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/living-a-life-full-of-wonder-and-joy\/\">Living a Life Full of Wonder and Joy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/living-a-life-full-of-wonder-and-joy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLiving a Life Full of Wonder and Joy\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/living-a-life-full-of-wonder-and-joy\/\" aria-label=\"Living a Life Full of Wonder and Joy\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/living-a-life-full-of-wonder-and-joy\/\">Living a Life Full of Wonder and Joy<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I often give talks about the emotions of wonder and joy, and how our connections with nature, each other, and with \u201csomething bigger,\u201d positively impact our health and wellbeing.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5343\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5343 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-wonderandjoyforthewiredandtired tag-amazonaprilbestsellerlist tag-amazonbestseller tag-wonderandjoy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Best-Seller-Image-FINAL-April-5-2026.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Amazon Best Seller April 2026\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Best-Seller-Image-FINAL-April-5-2026.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Best-Seller-Image-FINAL-April-5-2026-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Best-Seller-Image-FINAL-April-5-2026-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Best-Seller-Image-FINAL-April-5-2026-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Best-Seller-Image-FINAL-April-5-2026-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Best-Seller-Image-FINAL-April-5-2026.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/amazon-best-seller-april-2026\/\">Amazon Best Seller April 2026<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/amazon-best-seller-april-2026\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmazon Best Seller April 2026\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/amazon-best-seller-april-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Amazon Best Seller April 2026\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/amazon-best-seller-april-2026\/\">Amazon Best Seller April 2026<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm so grateful (and a little bit amazed) to share that Wonder and Joy for the Wired and Tired has mad the Amazon Best Seller list...again.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5331\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5331 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-april tag-bradfordpears tag-cherrytree tag-floweringspringtrees tag-spring tag-springtrees\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ornamental-pear-trees-image-along-the-highway.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ornamental pear trees\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ornamental-pear-trees-image-along-the-highway.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ornamental-pear-trees-image-along-the-highway-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ornamental-pear-trees-image-along-the-highway-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ornamental-pear-trees-image-along-the-highway-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ornamental-pear-trees-image-along-the-highway-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ornamental-pear-trees-image-along-the-highway.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/ornamental-pears-the-tree-that-chose-chaos\/\">Ornamental Pears: The Tree That Chose Chaos<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/ornamental-pears-the-tree-that-chose-chaos\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOrnamental Pears: The Tree That Chose Chaos\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/ornamental-pears-the-tree-that-chose-chaos\/\" aria-label=\"Ornamental Pears: The Tree That Chose Chaos\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/ornamental-pears-the-tree-that-chose-chaos\/\">Ornamental Pears: The Tree That Chose Chaos<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Every spring, ornamental pear trees burst into bloom like they\u2019re auditioning for a bridal magazine - clouds of perfect white flowers, lining streets and parking lots with suspicious enthusiasm.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5267\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5267 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-amsterdam tag-anniversary tag-march2026 tag-northernlights tag-norway tag-vikingcruise\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Lights-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Northern Lights\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27640%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20480%20640%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27640%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Lights-2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Lights-2-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Lights-2-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Northern-Lights-2.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/in-search-of-the-northern-lights-and-everything-else-along-the-way\/\">In Search of the Northern Lights (and Everything Else Along the Way)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/in-search-of-the-northern-lights-and-everything-else-along-the-way\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn Search of the Northern Lights (and Everything Else Along the Way)\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/in-search-of-the-northern-lights-and-everything-else-along-the-way\/\" aria-label=\"In Search of the Northern Lights (and Everything Else Along the Way)\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/in-search-of-the-northern-lights-and-everything-else-along-the-way\/\">In Search of the Northern Lights (and Everything Else Along the Way)<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I\u2019ve been away from my blog for a few weeks because Marty and I just returned from a vacation. As an anniversary present, we booked a Viking cruise to see the Northern Lights \u2013 in Norway \u2013 above the arctic circle. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5255\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5255 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-march2026 tag-stpatricksday tag-stpatricksday2026 tag-stpatricksdaymarch17\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-St.-Patrtick.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"St. Patrick\u2019s Day\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-St.-Patrtick.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-St.-Patrtick-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-St.-Patrtick-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-St.-Patrtick-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-St.-Patrtick-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-St.-Patrtick.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/happy-st-patricks-day-march-17th\/\">Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day &#8211; March 17th<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/happy-st-patricks-day-march-17th\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHappy St. Patrick\u2019s Day &#8211; March 17th\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/happy-st-patricks-day-march-17th\/\" aria-label=\"Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day &#8211; March 17th\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/happy-st-patricks-day-march-17th\/\">Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day &#8211; March 17th<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Today we celebrate Ireland, resilience, poetry, faith, folklore\u2026 and the annual global commitment to wearing aggressively green clothing and (for some) consuming far too many drinks containing liquid courage.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5252\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5252 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-daylightsavingtime tag-march2026 tag-springforward\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Daylight-Saving-Time-March-8.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Daylight Saving Time\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Daylight-Saving-Time-March-8.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Daylight-Saving-Time-March-8-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Daylight-Saving-Time-March-8-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Daylight-Saving-Time-March-8-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Daylight-Saving-Time-March-8-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Daylight-Saving-Time-March-8.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/spring-forward-ready-or-not\/\">Spring Forward (Ready or Not)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/spring-forward-ready-or-not\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Forward (Ready or Not)\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/spring-forward-ready-or-not\/\" aria-label=\"Spring Forward (Ready or Not)\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/spring-forward-ready-or-not\/\">Spring Forward (Ready or Not)<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This Sunday (March 8th) at 2:00 a.m., we participate in the great annual ritual of adjusting every clock we own - except the microwave, which will remain defiantly incorrect until November.\r\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5249\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5249 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-internationalwomensday tag-march2026 tag-womensday\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-International-Womens-Day-March-8.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Happy International Women\u2019s Day\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-International-Womens-Day-March-8.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-International-Womens-Day-March-8-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-International-Womens-Day-March-8-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-International-Womens-Day-March-8-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-International-Womens-Day-March-8-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-International-Womens-Day-March-8.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/happy-international-womens-day\/\">Happy International Women\u2019s Day<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/happy-international-womens-day\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHappy International Women\u2019s Day\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/happy-international-womens-day\/\" aria-label=\"Happy International Women\u2019s Day\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/happy-international-womens-day\/\">Happy International Women\u2019s Day<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>March 8th is International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) - (November 19th is International Men\u2019s Day)\r\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5245\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5245 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-bookgiveaway tag-february\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-March-Image-of-lion-and-lamb.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"A March Welcome\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-March-Image-of-lion-and-lamb.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-March-Image-of-lion-and-lamb-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-March-Image-of-lion-and-lamb-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-March-Image-of-lion-and-lamb-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-March-Image-of-lion-and-lamb-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-March-Image-of-lion-and-lamb.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/a-march-welcome\/\">Welcoming in March as a Lion or Lamb<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/a-march-welcome\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWelcoming in March as a Lion or Lamb\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/a-march-welcome\/\" aria-label=\"Welcoming in March as a Lion or Lamb\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/a-march-welcome\/\">Welcoming in March as a Lion or Lamb<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>   <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5242\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5242 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-e-trike tag-february tag-februaryoptimism tag-wintersnow\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Olympics-for-Commoners-Image.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Olympics for Commoners\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Olympics-for-Commoners-Image.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Olympics-for-Commoners-Image-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Olympics-for-Commoners-Image-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Olympics-for-Commoners-Image-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Olympics-for-Commoners-Image-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MNA-Olympics-for-Commoners-Image.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/the-winter-olympics-for-commoners-have-officially-begun\/\">The Winter Olympics (For Commoners) Have Officially Begun<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/the-winter-olympics-for-commoners-have-officially-begun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Winter Olympics (For Commoners) Have Officially Begun\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/the-winter-olympics-for-commoners-have-officially-begun\/\" aria-label=\"The Winter Olympics (For Commoners) Have Officially Begun\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/the-winter-olympics-for-commoners-have-officially-begun\/\">The Winter Olympics (For Commoners) Have Officially Begun<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Now that the real Olympics are over - with their toned athletes, elite training facilities, and functioning cartilage - it\u2019s time for the rest of us to compete.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5237\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5237 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-the-blog tag-e-trike tag-february tag-februaryoptimism tag-wintersnow\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #ffffff;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ffffff;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MNA-Image-for-post-February-False-Optimism-and-my-Faithful-E-Trike.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271024%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201024%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271024%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MNA-Image-for-post-February-False-Optimism-and-my-Faithful-E-Trike.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MNA-Image-for-post-February-False-Optimism-and-my-Faithful-E-Trike-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MNA-Image-for-post-February-False-Optimism-and-my-Faithful-E-Trike-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MNA-Image-for-post-February-False-Optimism-and-my-Faithful-E-Trike-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MNA-Image-for-post-February-False-Optimism-and-my-Faithful-E-Trike-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MNA-Image-for-post-February-False-Optimism-and-my-Faithful-E-Trike.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/february-false-optimism-and-my-faithful-e-trike\/\">February, False Optimism, and My Faithful E-Trike<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/february-false-optimism-and-my-faithful-e-trike\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary, False Optimism, and My Faithful E-Trike\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/february-false-optimism-and-my-faithful-e-trike\/\" aria-label=\"February, False Optimism, and My Faithful E-Trike\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15px 35px 15px 35px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mothernaturesapprentice.com\/february-false-optimism-and-my-faithful-e-trike\/\">February, False Optimism, and My Faithful E-Trike<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>February has a way of making you believe things. It gives you a blue sky, a crisp morning, and a forecast that says snow isn\u2019t expected for a few hours. A few hours feels responsible. Manageable. 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