Dwight Peck's personal website
Christmas
2006 in Ollon, Switzerland
Winter
2006-2007 spent waiting around for winter
Dr
Durham has got a new house in Ollon, Switzerland, and we're here to celebrate
the Christmas holiday and fog.
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. ![](../pictures/xmas/xmas2006-01.jpg)
Ollon
at its gloomiest, 24 December 2006, from a little way up the hill behind it.
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Dinner's
on the boiler and we're out for a hike from Ollon up over one of our old annual
running routes through the cliffs above the town over to the vicinity of Aigle.
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Dr
Durham above vineyards in her Christmas colors
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Dr
Durham relaxing by the chute de pierre, or steinschlag, or rockfall danger sign
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Returning
to Ollon on Christmas Eve, with the Dent de Morcles looming above
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Ollon
and the Dent de Morcles
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Christmas
Eve in Ollon, 2006. Coming up on time for dinner.
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Dr
Durham's highly original kitchen, with Christmas Eve dinner in the microwave (this
year it's Mongolian fondue!)
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Dr
Durham lays out the Mongolian fondue, a traditional Christmas specialty
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Famished
diners assembled: (from left) Dr Durham, Dr Durham, and (on the right) Dr Durham
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A
selection of Drs Durham (with the traditional Swiss paper crown out of the Christmas
cake)
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Two
Drs Durham (André with traditional paper crown), with a concerned citizen
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0.5%
of Dr Durham's collection of Venetian masks
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Some
of Dr Durham's collection of bustiers and model thoraxes
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Some
of Dr Durham's collection of Asian puppets and Venetian harlequins
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Some
of Dr Durham's collection of still more puppets
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One
of Dr Durham's collection of kids
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Dr
Durham the Younger and the Christmas camera
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Dr
Durham's mannequin observing the Opening of the Presents enviously
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Careful
scrutiny of the Christmas presents (Mr Peck received a lovely shirt, an astrological
beer mug, and a windshield ice-scraper)
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Durhams
playing Christmas-present jokes on each other
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Mercedes
stirring up the Christmas dinner
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Christmas
day in Ollon, viewed out the 18th century windows
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Definitely
time for Christmas dinner
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The
15th annual Christmas photo on the sofa
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(from
left) Dr Durham, Dr Durham, and Dr Durham
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(from
right) Dr Durham, Dr Durham, and (on the left) Dr Durham
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Under
the Christmas rug (from left), Dr Durham, Dr Peck. (The "47 km coast
guard" is the nickname of the Slovenian navy. Really.)
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Dr
Durham carving what looks like a turkey, but isn't really. It's something else.
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Dante
and the roasted capon
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Big
and fat now, dinner's over, it's time to go home and wait around for the snow.
Thanks for the grub, Drs Durham.
Further
info: Ollon in September 2006
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Feedback
and suggestions are welcome if positive, resented if negative, .
All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 9 February 2007, revised 26 September 2008, 23 March 2014.
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