island treasure

water color painting

2011-01-24T15:54:00.000-08:00

maybe someday i will get the hang of this but whether i do or not i enjoy trying

water color pow wow dancer

2010-10-25T16:47:00.000-07:00

i love painting pow wow dancers, so much color!

2010-05-30T06:15:00.000-07:00

2010-05-30T06:00:00.000-07:00

new challenges

2009-06-16T17:47:00.000-07:00

this new motherboard is challenging me but just like drawing faces i won't give up c

tribal

2009-04-24T06:19:00.000-07:00

I really like tribal art, it is an artistic venue that is always in vogue. I did the dolphins for the STUCO when at MHS for their t-shirt, the mermaid I did yesterday and seeing them together reminds me of what an artist I studied under for a short time told me. #1 put more graphite on that paper, what are you affraid of? #2 What? you want to be an artist or a Xerox machine?c

a few things I've been working on

2009-04-21T19:18:00.000-07:00

one of these drawings is 21 years old, I like to put the work together to see the difference, Kin likes because I can do things with the pencil I havn't mastered with the brush. c

John Wayne/Susie Sweet syndrome

2009-04-21T17:26:00.000-07:00

beware all you Knights in Shining Armor suffering from permanent psychosis. "A volte de vittore de drago" (borrowed from a Shakespeare festival, Kalamazoo, MI a lot of years back) the drawing is mine, have a good day, c

water

2009-04-12T17:12:00.000-07:00

i said i wasn't going to do this but man i need a shower world this is how well CUC employee's are doing their job, things did ease up a little after i sent this letter to the gov's office but only for a while it's been a mounth AGAIN...Discrimination and deprivation of life’s necessities are the things I think about when I can’t take a shower or flush my bathroom. I am soon to be sixtytwo years of age and I am disabled, I have called the governor’s office so many times I can’t count. I have called CUC so many times that who ever answers the phone audibly groans when they hear my voice, they know it already. All I want is my share of the water, I pay my bill but my neighbor’s pigs, goats and cattle get all of the water. Yesterday I saw in the paper, this is after three weeks I have been calling crying to who ever will listen, that now there is a water shortage that CUC is blaming on that little banana typhoon, come on people the water companies that are on the same road as me, they have plenty of water to do business, my neighbor who has all of those animals to water isn’t complaining, he is getting water because he has an illegal in line pump that CUC knows about. Why can’t I just get enough water to live comfortably, I don’t want all of it just my share. It was written that when the navy was running the water situation we had water all of the time, I read that in one editorial, so what has happened do we need to get the navy back in here to make sure we get water, maybe they were not as concerned with water companies making money as they would be with an old woman being able to shower, yes in case the language wasn’t strong enough, are the water companies and Tun Boga’s pigs more important than me getting my share of water. I have called Glen, at CUC, you promised to check it out, I have called Warren at the Lt. Gov’s office and you said you would check it out, no one even bothers to come out or return my call. I told you I have do something, so now I’m writing this letter. Can someone do something, please. Connie Cabrera, Papago

my new stick

2009-03-08T15:34:00.000-07:00

this one is more than a walking stick, my sis sent me a Kathlene and Richard Gear novel about prehistoric north american indians and while i prefer Cussler, DeBrul, Clancy and Griffith i'll read anything i can get. i really got into the story line of this book and have read several more since, having always believed there is american indian in my geneology, i'll claim cherokee but it's more likely roman nose souix any way this shaman's staff is a result of a dream, i was thinking of what i could do with the cool stick kin had brought me that day just before i went to sleep and this is the result, harry i'm still keeping an eye on that diver but our truck has been down so i can't get to the ranch for now but i know it's still there and i will get it. c

boy am i behind

2009-02-15T17:10:00.000-08:00

some paintings and drawings i hadn't shared, i can't believe how lazy i've been, been carving but i'll add that later. c

still around

2009-01-05T22:09:00.000-08:00

with the advent of Konalee's little brother Weston grandma doesn't get a lot done but i have been carving a little, this old man is my first try at it the lion i'll put on later as well as the octopus, sure was good seeing you Harry, i don't think you and Kelli have changed since the first time i met you when Sarah started at MHS. wish i could say the same for myself but life is good and i'm happy and still crazy about that guy i was with, the buck a taco still great at Jerry's what more can you ask for. c

a favorite

2008-09-03T03:29:00.000-07:00

my handsom other half

2008-06-18T05:32:00.000-07:00

the conch is on display at the Womens Art Exhibit, talk about a tough shell to paint and get it right, the giant clam is a difficult thing to paint also so i improvised with my minds image of Harry in the grotto. c

bike

2008-05-28T14:08:00.000-07:00

okay i'm tyring to complicate things in my old age, the pic of the bike really threw me, it is a real bike not a cracker jack toy(there i'm showing my age) and i could not figure it out i thought my camera was doin really cool stuff i didn't know about wouldn't surprise me i never read instruction till i absolutely have to but this simple picture was blowing my mind, i even made Kin look at it and his answer was someone climbed a tree that's all, my mind of course wouldn't accept that so as soon a i saw my son i aksed what setting did you use on the camera to get that affect it is so cool and he looked at me like i was some kind of space alien and said "Mom, I climbed a tree" duh, I love it, c

more shells

2008-05-15T11:01:00.001-07:00

i did these with the new paint Vic sent me, boy was it nice working with something all shiney and new, thanks sis. c

flowers

2008-05-12T07:20:00.001-07:00

shells anf flowers my favorite things to paint and our little island is a veritable treasure trove.c

shells

2008-05-12T06:54:00.001-07:00

well these shells were harder than others i've tried, i'm putting them on here so when i try others i will have a point of reference, my beautiful sis sent me a brand new ser of paints so i'm gonna see what i can do, to date i have used only left overs that so this ought to be fun. c

from the garden

2008-05-11T07:40:00.000-07:00

been spending a lot of time at the farm, these are starters got more flowers and shells comming, just things i love to paint. c

crazy things people talk about

2008-05-09T07:45:00.000-07:00

i have no idea why the subject came up, ny better part was questioning me about things as always, his name is spanish(sablan cabrera) but he is, Taisague, tao tao Luta and he is curious why he has spanish name, imposed much the same as american slaves after the civil war, it will take me another 14 years to explain it, only because i want to be around that much longer. i love saipan c

time flies

2008-05-04T06:07:00.000-07:00

i didn't realize how long it had been since i put a picture of this little island beauty on my site, need to watch that, she will grow up on me before i know it, c

unbelievable

2008-04-04T07:04:00.000-07:00

I might not have appreciated this when i was younger but now i'm lovin it, this three week old piglet is eating a banana from my hand and i feed her everyday just so she will come and kiss my hand, i love it, c

Got to love this guy

2008-03-10T17:02:00.000-07:00

just got bounced into action in the form of an e-mail from a friend and as uaual his timing was impeccable, i hope i spelled that right, anyway i was needing a boost and his e-mail did it. wonder who is the real inspiration here Harry, glad your'e back i really missed your voice in the morning, hope to hear more of it. c

i just like

2008-01-16T06:32:00.000-08:00

kona and grandpa, just wanted to share. c

mi vida loca

2007-11-25T03:19:00.000-08:00

this picture is Bandit, kingfisher hathched in the eve of my house, haven't been on line much, Konalee takes up a lot of my time, i love it, but i have been searching for a song to down load that i hear a lot on 103, words are born on a sunny day beneath a tangerine sky, thanks for the lemonade, tried calling Harry but no one answers the phone, another consequencse of Saipan's flagging economy anyway i really like the song if anyone checks this blog knows who sings it please let me know, love to everyone, i am still here. c

i love plants

2007-10-16T06:46:00.000-07:00

took time out to give my little bonsai a proper home, take a picture of an awsome flower and plant a seabean and actually got it to start growing, not an easy thing for those of you that are curious check out seabeans on the net, those seeds can float around thirty years or more befor they decide to sprout and i actually got one to start, finished a book on archeology and cooked some pretty good stew fau or at least i think it was sure didn't last long and play with the loves of my life, Kin and Kona, listen to Harry on the radio and even had time to miss my favorite sis, i know she reads this, my way of saying it's just another day in paradise. c

today was so perfect

2007-09-29T04:45:00.000-07:00

now if i could just type 70 words a minute like i used to without a mistake i'de probaly bore everyone with my grandma stuff, i love it, and there is nothing better in this world than when her mom makes a point of bringing her to me, don't you think she looks just like me, thank the Lord i believe in and what ever powers that may be for my baby and her Yapese mother, the mom is the daughter i always wanted, and if my son doesn't take care of her i still machete, joking ok, they make me so happy c

i do not give up easily

2007-09-28T05:20:00.000-07:00

Harry, if you are keeping up with me you have to know this "bogo" diver is you and Harry i hope you keep up your good work and realize that derogatine comments are better than none at all, at least someone knows you said something and that is way better than nothing, keep up he good work, love to you and Keli, c

had my hands full

2007-09-25T07:05:00.000-07:00

haven't been on line much lately have had my hands full but i am still here and checking my friends, doing some babysitting too after all what are grandmas for, i love it. c

me nai, i would never gine up

2007-09-15T04:51:00.000-07:00

sooner or later something has to fit together

2007-09-15T04:46:00.000-07:00

i just keep trying

i like pictures

2007-09-15T04:38:00.000-07:00

before i moved to the islands i would had have upright told you i never have a predjudice bone in my body, living here has taught me how innocent i am. c

i love my husbands land more than he does and there is a reason why

2007-09-13T03:35:00.000-07:00

been trying to understand why island people do things they way they do for going to 13 years and still i do not have a clue, it isn't a bad thing, just a learning experience. i could go back o Kansas, yea right. c

life is as usuall or acceptable

2007-09-05T07:54:00.000-07:00

it would seem i am technilogically impaired have'nt heared anythiing from Harry or my sister in weeks, good thing, i needed rest, l do miss them and care. c

watch your coke life at papago

2007-09-02T02:52:00.000-07:00

it is a jungle out there

2007-09-02T02:06:00.000-07:00

my daddy told me to be careful, he was young and single so he said i might be related, war pictures, from when my father was in guam and saipan, i have more that i wioll share later, he was a good looking soldier, i might be related. c

I'm back at it

2007-08-25T04:15:00.000-07:00

been feeling pretty rocky since i turned 60 so checked biorythms not that i let these things run my life but felt so bad i just got curious, sure enough for august 15, 1947 the chart looked like it was headed for the bottom of the marianas trench, thank goodness they are coming back up so here i am again. c

baby things

2007-08-20T17:12:00.001-07:00

guess i better get my son busy cause that little gilr of mine has almost everything needed for babynow she will need a doll house

a different diver

2007-08-10T08:25:00.000-07:00

my little one has plenty artistic ability to learn from, this is her dad's work, any one that has ever used a scroll saw knows this wasn't easy. c

oleai and my little one

2007-08-09T06:05:00.000-07:00

this replica of an antique craddle comes with pillows even a heart shaped one a pink teddy snd matress all made of copper wire, the rocking horse is in an earlier blog and i'll finish the old fasioned cane rocker tommoro, then i'll make a miniture baby swing, i sure do love that little girl. hey Harry watch out for the buck a taco's at Jerry's place they are seriously addictive. i know this from experience, i worked at Oleai for over a year when i first moved to Saipan, knew Jer from Guam, he's a good guy in my book and i sure do miss those chicken tacos and even hearing Jerry sing Footloose, tell him i said hi, c

another artist is born

2007-08-07T12:06:00.000-07:00

look at the long fingers on this beautiful baby girl, my grandaughter born august 6th, she's just a little over a day old in these pictures and in my opinion one of my greatest accomplishments, of course i don't take all the credit, thank you Lord for this treasure and treasure her i will, c

abai

2007-08-04T20:21:00.000-07:00

i have been working on this thing forever, it's probably not done yet but i feel the need to move on, hey Harry check out this new diver. i had to place him precariously among some of my treasures to show off his mask and face but i think he's pretty cool. i lke my hut too, it sure was a lot of work and the coconut tree a nightmare, don't know if i'll try that again but you never know i might decide to make a whole village, not, fun trying tho. c

i love shells

2007-08-03T04:23:00.000-07:00

i have yet to purchace a shell, i have no need my loving signifgant other and friends/family bring me shells regurlary and i have some beauties i was recently tempted however, my mind can be changed, by a friendly young chinese named Bin who just opened a store in San Antonio called Sea Treasures, he has some awesome shells and his prices amazed me, if you love shells like i do visit his place it is worth your time, i am going to buy a couple just to be able to paint them and i figure i'll spend all of five dollars. nice place nice young man well worth time spent, i'm still here Harry and one of your old ladies or retards not sure which but glad i am. love to all who read this c

life lessons

2007-07-27T16:18:00.000-07:00

the drawing of the turtle in my last post is one of those tough little life lessons i.e. sometimes it's not what you know it's who you know but if this page is any indication that it bothered me enough to quit making things from what ever i see or lay my hands on i'de have to say nope! cause i'm still at it. i always wanted a hand made rocking horse now i have one. c

2007-07-26T06:37:00.000-07:00

saw this and had to take a picture, isn't it awesome, this is something i did a long time ago and it has a good story but i only share it when someone asks. c

2007-07-18T04:10:00.000-07:00

Eight things, Harry tagged me and i'm not real sure how to do this tag thing so i'll just post it

1. My favorite color is the whole box of crayons
2. My reaction is directly related to your action
3. My idea of a good time is anything I do with Kin(aka Jack Cabrera)
4. I am a bodacious flirt and nothing escapes my attention be it animal, plant, man, woman or child.
5. I have definite opinions that can be altered given a good debate except in the area of education.
6. I will try anything once, twice if I like it, three times if it is real good.
7. I believe common sense is a virtue and the lack of it a sad.
8. Logic and analytical thinking come natural to me and gets me in hot water from time to time. I can handle it.

ok that is the eight things and if i were to have a number nine i would say "there is no such thing as too many shells", too many friends or too much kindness. c

2007-07-17T04:21:00.000-07:00

faces of children inspire me, this is Manning and Tara, Tianna didn't get her face in the picture and this is what i live for, the little ones always want to know how auntie connie did this, it is my life to show them, Harry you are so sweet, i could maybe make a few more divers that would sell and i do appreciate the offer to help, minoe setback, my hands and my mind will never make the same thing again, each work of art i do is the only one so from the bottom of my heart, thank you and if you know someone that wants one i will try(operative word try) cause i sure could use gas money, it will be different, i create things for the the people i am thinking of, i have to work on my own level right now, the doctor tells me it will take five years, if, and it is a big IF, i ever get back full use of my hands and longer for my mind to adjust, i have already forgotten how i made the one for you and now i am trying to build an abai, so please have patience with this old lady and let me keep enjoying your comments and welovesaipan.com, and by the way i did a harry's world in copper wire for you soon as we get that way again Jack will drop it off, it needs to be with your diver. c

2007-07-16T05:31:00.000-07:00

if anyone can give me a better reason to wakeup everyday i do take suggestions, till i get them this is enough. c

unilateral concentration

2007-07-15T03:35:00.000-07:00

i developed unilateral concentration while entering student grades and a mistake could be detrimental to a young persons future, i'm in that mode right now, i'm trying to build an ancient chammorro hut complete with latte stones out of copper wire, don't know how it is going to turn out but will post picture when done

cave diver

2007-07-06T14:20:00.000-07:00

i didn't even think when i posted the blog below that if you don't click on the picture you won't know what it says, it is actually an old indian prayer adapted to island life, it reads "May your nets be ever full, may your roof never leak and may the wind be ever gentle on your face" c

this thing called me to share

2007-07-06T05:11:00.000-07:00

i was a little tired, oh well forget that this called me to put it out there for everyone that loves Saipan. c

never give up

2007-07-05T06:28:00.000-07:00

my hands were hurting something awful today even more than yesterday so i was doing the abe lincoln thing way more, to me because old abe had so many set backs(failed businwss ventures, lost elections etc, before he finally became president) that his name translates to "never give up" so i picked up that unfinished diver and my mind engaged and started running about eighty mph, i had asked Harry if diver's ever wore dual tanks and his reply sounded so...wow, exotic is the only word that comes close, before i knew it the hands were forgotten and the diver was fully equipped not just with dual tanks, this guy has it all, dive watch, weight belt, dive knife, flashlight, cave explorer light on his head and a camera. thse pictures are the materials i work with and the diver but the detail didn't really show, i'll get a different angle and add it later

hump day

2007-07-04T04:32:00.000-07:00

sometimes life throws rock to me when that happens i have a mantra i rerpeat to myself over and over. this is it "Abe Lincoln" does anyone other than Harry know why?

stonefish

2007-07-03T17:49:00.000-07:00

it's a good thing i call myself an artist and not a xerox machine that stonefish gave me plenty of artistic license, i kind of like it

another reason to love saipan

2007-07-02T06:35:00.000-07:00

i have lived in some beautiful places in this adventure i call my life, Kansas, Michigan, Colorado, Wyoming, Guam to name a few but never have i seen leaves so big and lizards, oops! gekko's so welcome

colors of copper

2007-07-01T10:04:00.000-07:00

cherished wife of my only brother asked where i got green copper wire to make the trees well sis i had no idea copper wire came in so many colors until physical therapy for these hands dictateded that i keep them moving as much as possible so my husband gave me a screwdriver a pair of wire cutters and him and the boys started bringing me the dash boards, relay switches, wiper motors, even something called a resender out of transmissions, etc out of the junk cars. i spend hours on end tearing these things apart just to get a little colored wire some finer than baby hair like the mane on the lion, most people don't believe it is wire but it is the inside of the starter coil and is oily and hard to get to but worth it for a special effect. only problem is you never know what color you will find but even that's ok i just keep looking.

cool way to share

2007-07-01T09:50:00.000-07:00

this is such a cool way to share with my family, the pain in my hands keep me from spending much time on the computer but thanks to listening to the radio i learned about this site now i can share easily and at three am which is when i add these blogs...too good

good days do still happen

2007-06-30T06:02:00.000-07:00

these are two of my early tries at watercolor, they're ok, but now i am the proud owner of one of Harry Blalocks underwater photos and i'm thinking, i have gotten better since i did these but do i have the talent to try painting this image, not sure it is so awesome and the color so vibrant, i know i have to try it keeps calling me to look at it and i see something different everytime i do so i have to try, we'll see. for my family in the states who are now following welovesaipan and my blog take a look at Harry's pictures he is on the web site too, you won't regret it i promise and thanks to all who have gone to these sites your time is appreciated. c

2007-06-28T15:17:00.000-07:00

a flagging economy isn't a good thing but even in the face of adversity something good can come if you look for it. these pictures are of our present job site.we take junk to the scrap buyers one car at a time by doing this we also clean up our island one car at a time. it's grimy dirty work and we don't make a lot but it's honest and i for one appreciate what is being done. i can't wait to see what this little spot is going to look like when we're done. keep up the good work Jack Cabrera, you're doing more good than you know.

i got started making wire sculptures now i can't quit

2007-06-26T16:23:00.000-07:00

i was just going to see how big i could make a copper wire ball from the scrap cars, blenders, tv, fans or what ever the guys would bring me to keep me busy, next thing i know i'm forming the wire into shapes, then i checked out copper wire sculptures on google search and was amazed. now i'm hooked and i love it

my newest diver

2007-06-26T16:16:00.000-07:00

i may just get good at this wire bending thing, and yes Harry you are the one, you take such beautiful underwater pictures i thought you might enjoy my little wire sculpture

still trying to figure this one out

2007-06-24T14:30:00.000-07:00

i can't believe how far behind i have gotten in such a short time, keeping up with the students at MHS kept me on top of things now that i don't have the challenge i notice i am getting older and that's an ok thing except when it comes to the coputer, i learned so much from those kids and i miss them.

tree

2007-06-24T05:28:00.000-07:00

i love to go pashundoa(strolling Chamoro style) because i see something new where ever we go, i can spend hours just looking at trees

kittens

2007-06-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

i have a cat that does absolutely nothin spectacular except sleep on my slipper, but yesterday her and my pup were as usual sleeping at my feet and they looked so cute i took their picture and not more than ten minutes went by and the cat gave birth to her first baby practically on my foot, it took several hours for the next two to be born was occupied being a mid-wife for a cat. What ever it takes to get by!

this one is spoken for

2007-06-17T03:45:00.000-07:00

it belomgs to Keli, whenever we can coodinate a pick up

i sent this picture to harry, curious to see responce

2007-06-17T03:17:00.000-07:00

dicipline?

2007-06-15T15:13:00.000-07:00

i lack dicipline and not sure i am even spelling it right, no matter, i have wanted to start a journal of art i do for sometime but never had enough time or "that word" now i have time and thanks to blogspot means, i think i'm gonna like this

diamonds

2007-06-15T09:35:00.000-07:00

well i'm this far now do i get just a little more

getting there

2007-06-15T08:31:00.000-07:00

this a try to get this blogging thing figured out and show harry my diver