Photo of the Week: Snowy Day at Wilcox Recreation Area

Three Hooded Mergansers swimming in the open water, snow-covered trees and shrubs in the background

I was glad to stop by Wilcox Lake Recreation Area after church this morning and enjoyed seeing waterfowl swimming in the open water.

Due to the nearby dam, the lake doesn’t always freeze over in winter. You can almost always find ducks, geese, and other waterfowl on the lake.
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Photo of the Week: 2017 Plymouth Ice Festival

dog ice sculpture standing guard at night, illuminated with green light

While ooohing and aahing over the gorgeous ice sculptures created by ice carvers and local culinary arts college students, like this stunning dog ice sculpture, is my typical way of enjoying the Plymouth Ice Festival, this year the festival had an added feature: interactive games at the children’s ice playground.

“Whoa! I won 100 points,” shouted the grinning young child bundled up in a winter snowsuit next to me.

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Photo of the Week: Plymouth Community Christmas Carol Sing-Along

Families and friends gather in Kellogg Park around Salvation Army Band, singing Christmas carols

Though it was a gray afternoon, the clouds didn’t chase away families and friends from joining the 2015 Plymouth Community Christmas Carol Sing-Along today in downtown Plymouth, Michigan at Kellogg Park.

Led by Dr. Jerry Smith, the music director at my church, First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, I joined dozens of people for a late afternoon sing-along of of holiday carols in the almost forty-degree weather. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Plymouth Community Christmas Carol Sing-Along