My father-in-law asked for tools this Christmas. He’ll never guess what this one is! #Christmas

Teaching my 12 year-old nephew how to split kindling. Welcome to Uncle Charlie’s work camp! #Thanksgiving

My Dad passed away in February, so this is the first Thanksgiving without him here. He was always the pie maker, but that duty now has passed down to me. The good news is that Dad did a really good job of keeping recipes at hand. The bad news is that some of his recipes (like for pecan pie) was just a list of quantities and ingredients, with the method stored in his head. Nonetheless, I think I pieced everything together enough to produce a good looking ... https://dazeend.org/2025/11/5673/

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After our Grand Canal cruise, we grabbed lunch, then collected our bags and took a water taxi to the train station. The water taxi was a lot of fun. Ours was a beautiful wooden boat with an open section of roof that allowed us to stand and take in the sights during the ride. #travel

This morning, our last day in Venice, we got an early start and took that vaporetto ride down the Grand Canal that we missed upon arrival. It’s crazy to think that the entire city is basically built on pilings that were driven into the mud of a swampy river delta. #travel

We also toured the Doge’s Palace (complete with a walk across the “Bridge of Sighs”), the seat of power for the Venetian empire for a thousand years. #travel

Exterior views of Basilica San Marco. #travel