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 Dwight Peck's personal website
Winter 2023-2024
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.
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Coming off an intangibly rewarding summer on hydrobikes and pontoon boats in northern Wisconsin . . .
. . . our winter of 2023-2024 is now officially underway, beginning with . . .
A dash for home in Virginia, late September 2023 |
Late September in Staunton: unpacking, some errands, some hiking, and . . . |
. . . a visit from friend Kim, who'll kindly be catsitting for
Melvin & Choupette for a few weeks. |
Then a visit to Italy, October 2023
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Settling in at Castel Gandolfo, overlooking Lago Albano south of Rome, 11 October 2023 |
A tour of the Papal Palace and gardens in Castel Gandolfo,
13 October 2023 |
The nearby Lago di Nemi and its picturesque village,
14 October 2023 |
Into Rome for a visit to the Mercantino del Borghetto Flaminio street market, 15 October 2023 |
Very brief visits to Castel Gandolfo's nearest neighbors,
16-19 October 2023 |
An awkward road trip to Palestrina,
20 October 2023
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Last days in Castel Gandolfo,
21-24 October 2023
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Naples: new accommodations next to the Castel dell'Ovo,
25 October 2023 |
The Museo di Capodimonte,
27 October 2023 |
Neapolitan street scenes, with a big Dominican
church,
same day
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The Galleria d'Italie-Napoli and the Castel Sant'Elmo,
28 October 2023
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The National Archaeological Museum of Naples,
part 1, 29 October 2023 |
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples,
part 2, same day |
Neapolitan walkabout, 1: Spanish Quarter, Sant'Anna
dei Lombardi, Chiesa del Gesù Nuovo |
The A-Team in the St Clara Cloisters, and a ramble
through the Duomo di Napoli, 30 October 2023 |
Pio Monte della Misericordia, Basilica di San Lorenzo
Maggiore, & the train for home, 31 October 2023 |
Back in the USA, November 2023 |
Some forest walks near Staunton,
mid-November 2023
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Walks round Alexandria's Old Town and Waterfront,
23-24 November 2024 |
The National Gallery of Arts in Washington, D.C.,
25 November 2023
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The Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve and a look round Historic Occoquan, 26 November 2023 |
Scenes from some winter walks near Staunton,
Virginia, early December 2023 |
Back to Wisconsin for a special party and a wintry
reconnoitre, late December 2023 |
Grey days in the Northwoods, and a snowless walk along the shoreline, 23-24 December 2003 |
Last days on the lake, and learning the 'How Big Is Baby' game. And Manitowoc, 25-31 December 2023 |
Back in Virginia: The Lake Sherando 'cliff trail',
in reverse, 11 January 2024
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A mid-February visit enlivening the long, slow advent of spring '24 in western Virginia |
Views of a couple of foresty walks in early April 2024 |
An expedition to the Fern Gulley with our new camera |
Another architectural wander round Staunton: the Gospel Hill District, 23 April 2024 |
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Much more to follow, if our luck holds
a little longer
 
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