Two woman, Anita Holzberg and Ann Wainwright met over the internet with Bill Costley,
their common friend, whose wife Carolin had been Ann's good friend. Starting in
June '09, Anita sent a Cupcake poem to Ann's website cakecakecake, after seeing
the photo of cupcakes. The poem was about her grandson's first birthday party. Ann
liked that and it was the start of a wonderful exchange of poems from Anita to Ann and
Ann with color, photos, and lay-out savvy, presented them to the blog. Now, in 2010,
the two women so alike in spirit and interests, have started BetweenFriends, a new blog
site where they can combine ideas about their worlds. Ann lives in Northern UK
(Teesside). Anita lives in Northern California, Sunnyvale, (Silicon Valley where all the
computers are.) We share our lives on this blog and hope you will comment and share
yours too, dear readers and enjoy the "ride".

Wednesday 6 August 2014

A joint poem by Anita and Ann

Summer comes but once a year
                                       once a year
   Cheer, Cheer, Cheer

Sun's out Sun's out
Oops a thunderstorm
Run and hide
Dogs take cover!



Mocha never leaves the house
No thunder storms in summer in
  Northern California
Mocha waits for the sun to stream in
6 AM she wakes and by 9, the house
  is sunny and beautiful for her body
        to lie in the sun's rays

Mona rolls on the grass
Something good and smelly she has found
Barney fights her for A dog chew
George looks on
King of the dogs

In this summer 
No picnics no swims
Cool evening breezes
The air conditioner hums
The trumpet vines pop
Picchu princess of the backyard
All black with white markings
Meets me at 6AM



Quick picnic in the rain
On the Westwood.
Torn bread, salami slices
And parmesan flakes
Very tasty
In sight of the racecourse
All the dogs bark at once 

BBQ's a happening
Mocha meets my neighbor 
Gets pets and cuddles basks in the attention
Moves quietly like the soulful older she is


Raining again.
Dogs sleeping after a busy day of barking
And running.
Going home soon.

No rain middle of draught
Lawns dying 
Trees still green
Holding on
Time was when
Winter rain came. Not this year. Mocha knows no difference. 

The house Frau is Mocha!


Sea noises


Blue grey water
A seagull hovers
On a current.

At the nail place
Leave. Mocha travel by car
Nice breeze today.  Getting a nice pink color
And fresh look
Far from the ocean.  Cool Saturday day out.   

Dogs asleep now. Tired out. Snoring. 

Dishwasher swooshing in the background. 
Time for sleep.

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