It’s truly breathtaking the variety of wonderful species that call Marsh Creek “HOME”. On Saturday mornings out around the club, you can never predict what you’ll find. Regardless, nature always seems to serve up its…
Editor’s Note: Do not miss Stan Hills’s terrific photos below! By Mike Sprinkle We had 4 kayakers paddle the beautiful Lake Disston today, Max, Stan, Marty and Mike. Marty was the only one who had…
By Peter Clayton The Audubon Certification project group recently installed eight blue bird houses on the golf course while Chad Hansen and his team had earlier erected a purple martin house next to the second…
Meeting of the Board of DirectorsMarsh Creek Owners Association, Inc. Click here for the agenda Date: February 28, 2023Time: 4:00 PMLocation: LaMesita, MCCC …
By Peter Clayton Julington Creek is a surprisingly diverse paddle with a couple of distance options. The launch site is a small but nice county park with rest rooms, picnic tables, plenty of parking and…
By Sue Whittle and Meri-Kathryn Peed Anastasia State Park – A Treasure of Activities in our Back Yard This past week, Sue Whittle, our Out of the Hood Walk leader, took 12 of us to…
By Helen Borisoff Our garden group had a fabulous visit last week to two nurseries/growers in Deland. Thanks to our neighbor Jenni Holub, we had a wonderful private tour w the owner, who is a…
By Stan Hill “Quick, I think there’s a cormorant in the pond with a plastic bag over its head,” I hear my wife sayingurgently. Using binoculars, we determined that was exactly the case. Thinking the…
By Peter Clayton Six Mile Creek’s launch area and parking lot is currently the site of major construction activity as the new Outback Crab Shack restaurant building is being elevated to meet permitting requirements –…
For the next few weeks, Spoonbill Courier‘s vast contingent (1) of reporters, photographers and editorial staff is on international assignment and will file dispatches “from the road” as warranted. Please continue submitting your contributions to…
By Ron Estes A Christmas tale from a forward trench line in Korea, 1952. In one area, in December 1952, the trenches of the 1st Marine Division ran along the forward crest of knolls 50…
At least one Marsh Creek thermometer recorded 27 degrees as the temperature continued to drop even after daybreak this morning. And yes, that’s Fahrenheit. Below freezing, as Bob Arbogast neatly captured with this frozen fountain…
By Lorri Maloney Hi neighbors! I have come to realize lately that many people in our community seem to think that Spoonbill Courier and Spoonbill Neighbors are one and the same. They are not. They…
By Marsh Creek standards, it was an unusually earnest back-and-forth between the Board of Directors and anxious homeowners (onsite estimates of 30-100) drawn by word of a planned un-manning the Mizell Guard station overnight. In…
By Lorri Maloney Thanks so all who came to our party Wednesday night. Such a fun time! So sorry for those who couldn’t make it. You missed a great time and we hope you’re feeling…
A beauty, just wandering aimlessly around a Fiddlers Point pond.
By Peter Clayton The usual MCK good fortune with weather, etc. held in spades today as eight of us enjoyed a very special experience. This was our first outing on the St. Johns and first…