MELINDA MAYHEM

Going to 'Bass Pro' in Auburn was an eye-opening experience..... its full of unique products and exhibits peculiar to the American palette in this area.

We also went to the glen Millard Filmore State park.......its a beautiful place with some amazing natural and man made beauty.......

After capturing a shot of a hummingbird.... i think the smile says it all.

LOCKE FAIR JUNE

The boys had a great time watching fireworks and just being 'out' at night.

FINISHING CONSTRUCTION

THE DECK CONTINUES

REDREAMING SERIES: STAG AWAKENING

The is one of the Paintings within Paintings contemporary tribal artworks and is for sale.......contact me direct for the original......... $50. 6 inches x 15 inches. Celtic influenced with glo in the dark paint and gold transfer leaf.

Gouache on white cedar ready to hang.

Phone me @ 315 497 0561....... first in buys it.

Building A Deck

Since arriving in the US one of the most obvious lifestyle changes i had to make was the homes i had lived in here both in Connecticut and New York were not significantly connected to the outside and had little or no outside 'living spaces' ...... which is something we definitely wanted to change...the connection to both the outside garden and weather is an important element in my existance...... how can one live without breakfast on the verandah! so once Patrick and i had settled here in Sempronius the most obvious change needed at the house.... was an outside 'room' connecting the house with the garden and out most beautiful views and outlook.........

Being on top of a hill it is almost criminal to NOT..... so we engaged a local builder Daniel Mast and team to construct a deck full length along the back of the house.....and relocate the existing roof some 4 foot higher so it does not impede the internal views of the house.....which it currently does.

DRAGON MOON RISING REVIEW

"Planet Derkesthai; Continent Tlivus; the date is September 2nd of the year 58,273 D.R. (Dragon Reckoning); 6:15P.m.; Day I... To Jos, dragons represent all that is evil. They epitomize the loss and pain he has experienced in his lifetime of enslavement. That is, until he meets Lessiam. Can one lad and his beast of a friend be the spark that ignites the full flames of widespread rebellion--a rebellion that could mean a return of peace and harmony to the dying people of Derkesthai?"


Dragon Moon Rising is a young adult fantasy fiction novel written by Daniel Thomas O'Connor for people age 10 and up who enjoy fantasy fiction. The illustrations, by Linda Carol Nelson, include the cover (seen here), the frontispiece, the map, and 15 black and white pencil drawings (one for each chapter). All of these are included in the book.

The Illustrator Linda Carol Nelson

I read Daniel O’Connor’s ‘Dragon Moon Rising’ with some interest as it is about Dragons… of which I am fully conversant with being admittedly already a dragon fan. The story takes the readers interest immediately with the mystery of why Lessian …. ….wakes up old and stiff…so I became highly engaged from the very first page….wanting to know more about who Lessiam was and why he was feeling so ‘..weak and old, as if near death…’ I was hooked.

As the tale unfolds I became even deeper engaged when it was revealed in the first chapter that the tale was being told from the perspective of dragon kind! This really sets the scene for a whole new Dragon mythology with immense appeal… As an elementary teacher I know the significance of discovering a story that can create in the imagination a world to escape to, a True flight of Fancy…….that enables a reader to develop a love of books, a love of writing and most importantly a love of reading for PLEASURE.. That is exactly what Dragon’s Moon Rising does.

The illustrations by Linda Nelson compliment the tale in a most significant way……. The images add to the ‘ other-world-ness’ of a true fantasy novel and gives the imagination of the reader room to move……. yet without filling in every last detail……perfect. Cameos of additional meaning.

It was simply a delightful reading experience Daniel O’Connor’s wordsmithing is evidenced by a certain contemporariness. .….. I personally could not put it down and read it from cover to cover…… a tale destined to become a young reader favorite… with just the right amount of darkness and unknown enemies…….with layers of other mysteries, histories and dramas hinted at……. I can’t wait for the second book…… to discover what happens next!

Wendy Bandurski Miller

Sempronius New York