Dwight Peck's personal website

Summer 2017

A photographic record of whatever leapt out at us



You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.

A few local Swiss villages, for season starters

Almost lunch in Genolier, 9 May 2017

Vevey on Lake Geneva, 29 May 2017


An edifying week in the Veneto region in May 2017

We were visiting the Veneto region north of Venice earlier this spring, and now we're back to see some more of what we missed farther south.

Settimo Vittone & Medigliano San Vitale, 12-13 May

Montagnana, the Città Murata, 14 May

Este, springboard of the Este dynasty, 14 May

Sacrario del Monte Grappa war memorial, 15 May

Around the Cittadella wall walk, 15 May

Monselice and its castle, 16 May

Arquà Petrarca, the poet's retirement home, 17 May

The Castello di Valbona, in Lozzo Atestino, 17 May

A second look at Este, and its castle, 17 May

A second look at Montagnana, and its museum, 18 May

The Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano, 18 May

The Castello del Catajo, Battaglia Terme, 18 May

Stops in Lu & Settimo Vittone on the way home, 19 May


Some Swiss early summer walking

A bracing walk in the Vallon de Nant, 28 May 2017

Bushwhacking to the Combe des Begnines, 4 June 2017

A hike through forestry débris in the Jura, 17 June 2017

A walk up La Dôle for the Nth time, 25 June 2017


July and August in northern Wisconsin

The Upper Mississippi River study tour, 6 July 2017

Dredging the channel & electrifying the fish, 7 July 2017

A few views of downtown Winona, MN

A visit from Alison, Billy, Dmitri, Mark, and Marlowe

Scenes from the lake, 23 July - 5 August

More scenes from the lake, 6-20 August 2017

Solar eclipses and storms on the lake, 21-30 August

Odds and ends from the lake, 1-6 September 2017

Last days on the lake, 7-12 September

A few days in Dubuque, Iowa, 13-17 September


Unnervingly great weather throughout the early autumn

A few views of the Aubonne River, 24 September

A visit to the Barrage d'Hongrin, 1 October

 


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