Roads of CommUnity Living Series #2 Morgan Rd & South Hill Dr. Jericho VT

Roads of CommUnity Living #2 of a Series:  Morgan Rd & South Hill Dr.   Jericho, Vermont

On some roads, one finds welcome signs and neighborly signatures created and displayed by the residents who live there. The folks on Morgan Road and South Hill Dr. in Jericho, VT seem to wear their heart on their road sleeves! Everyday congratulations reflect across to the sports fields of MMU, while friendly bears wave hello, without eating your birdseed. 

Right now spring gardens are being prepared in earnest. And who would expect any less from a resident named John Deere!

True to form one might find horses seemingly of the same acclaim as the Morgan Road name. If not Morgan breeds than at least horses of Morgan Road. 

You're also apt to see bees buzzing, perhaps chickens or at least birds; chickadees greeted us with great fanfare making us feel quite welcomed. 

For acrophobic purple martins.

Though on our walk we did not view any children outside playing, we did indeed see signs that such activity and fanfare does occur, most likely with spontaneity and great joy. 

Well weathered chairs speak to the love of outdoors, appreciation for quiet moonlit nights, foggy dew drip mornings; a place to stop and sit awhile, to contemplate all or nothing at all. 

Do you have a designated 'sit spot' in your yard? 

I recommend the April 1 short clip by Sean Beckett and the March 23 clip by Amy Butler (both from the North Branch Nature Center) for an introduction to the sit spot experience.

Coming upon a fork in the road, the decision is easy - just eat! However, what does one do upon reaching a bridge? What homage to pay the bridge troll? What mysterious ebbs flow beneath? What will we find on the other side? Will we be different once we cross over? Will the bridge tie us to new experiences, new people, or will we simply cross a divide we knew not, that kept us apart in the first place? 

We decided to allow our minds to cross this bridge and directed our bodies to go on beyond the fork in the road, filling our senses if not our stomachs, releasing our imagination to wonder and wander if not to discover what is on the other side. 

And so we meandered on, one footstep left dirt and gravel, the other feeling the crunchy crispy leaf fodder along a hill bordered by tall guarding trees with the National Guard fence and signs on one side and on the other side,  the open inviting woodland of chickadees, woodpeckers, kinglets, echoing along a deep depression overlooked by our souls from atop the hill. 

The tall timber sentries gave us a comforting feeling of security and kept us on the path. We look forward to seeing the tall guards in full dress in a few months time.  

 Beware the Hobgoblin for it is always hungry for fence jumpers.

A feather for your thoughts. 

Allow your observations to lift you, lighten your steps, enhance your experience, and remind you that life abounds in nature - visit her and get to know her many, many creatures as alive as we are. 

What Jericho road will you explore this week?

Won't you be my neighbor?

by Fred Rogers

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,

A beautiful day for a neighbor,

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

It's a neighborly day in this beautiful wood,

A neighborly day for a beauty,

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,

I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.

So let's make the most of this beautiful day,

Since we're together, we might as well say,

Would you be mine?

Could you be mine?

Won't you be my neighbor?

Won't you please,

Won't you please,

Please won't you be my neighbor?

The folks and families on 

Morgan Road and South Hill Dr. 

will leave the light on for you. 

Walk away with a message from your neighbors.

Remember, no sign left behind (unseen)

 and every road in Jericho invites you to walk her apron. 

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