toys

While a plethora of gifts flowed west to nieces, nephews and grandchildren, it was Papa who got to play with his Father's Day gift over the weekend - serving up a severe, but hopefully effective, pruning of a pear tree in the yard. Full album of the Thanksgiving holiday in Gig Harbor can be seen you know where.

ears

The Gig Harbor Davis family pays close attention to Grandad's Banana Day speech. It does draw a reaction across the full range of the spectrum.

deck

the halls, the tree and all that...

princess

Her majesty takes a stroll through the woods, refusing a hat, even though it is cold and wet. And stomping through every puddle that presents itself.

lights

lights, originally uploaded by ridavio.

Seen off of Nagle Avenue on the way to a birthday party in upper Manhattan.

fall park

fall park, originally uploaded by ridavio.

pond

pond, originally uploaded by ridavio.

red

red, originally uploaded by ridavio.

fire

fire, originally uploaded by ridavio.

fall colors

fall colors, originally uploaded by ridavio.

fluff

fluff, originally uploaded by ridavio.

test, this is only a test

From ridavio. I finally took the plunge into the tape-less HD video world with a spanking new Sony HXR-NX5U that had it's debut run in Keystone, Colorado last month. Before my departure to the Rocky Mountain state I took it for a test spin in my backyard, that would be Central Park.

The footage was shot at auto settings using the default AVCHD FX (24Mbps) 1920 x 1080/60i. It was all handheld and I found the 5.5lb easy enough to work with. I tried some wide shots and some zooms and some changing of focus depth. The day was mostly cloudy with some spots of sunshine, but brisk and toward the end the wind picked up and my fingers got cold. Still it was nice to see the last of the birds passing through for fall migration and a bit of folliage.

the day

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

So I was the 17th person to vote at my polling station and as I step up the last working scanning machine goes down. It takes the poll worker 10 minutes to call the Board of Elections to get the OK to break the seal so I can drop my ballot in the emergency slot. So much for experiencing the new voting machines.