Good grief. I thought snowbirds were birds!
Now Terre's comment about crowding and tourist money makes sense!
Now Terre's comment about crowding and tourist money makes sense!
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Todays Weather where you live?
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StudioMartillo
Engaged
The ones that I really consider 'snowbirds' are those in the big motorhomes.
Not many of those come around here because we don't have the facilities.
But there's a place called the Preston Camps (I think that's the name) that were the Japanese internment camps
during WWII, but now it's Snowbird Heaven. Come winter there's motorhomes as far as you can see.
I suppose that name comes from the migratory nature of some birds.
We see the ducks come over about this time of the year too, and go right on by.
Sometimes a few will stop here, probably 'cause they're exhausted.
Only there's no surface water. But we try our best to care for them until they recover.
StudioMartillo
Engaged
Some of the locals have big motorhomes they get in and leave for the summer.
What should we call them. Sunbirds?
What should we call them. Sunbirds?
Terre
Renowned
LOL
I first heard the term being used for people from the north who winter in Florida.
That's how I became familiar with it as well, as back in high school and college, my best friend's parents always headed down to Boca Raton during the winter.
Terre
Renowned
To be fair to StudioMartillo there is a second newer group of people that we Westerners also call snowbirds. This group flocks to places like Angel Fire Resort - Ski New Mexico to play when the snow is deep enough.
I knew snowbirds were used for those people who spent winters in Florida. I think I first encountered it when I read a mystery that took place in Florida.
But ... generally, when we talk about birds here, it's Ken's Songbirds or real birds. Consequently, feathered creatures, not retired creatures was what came to my mind.
But ... generally, when we talk about birds here, it's Ken's Songbirds or real birds. Consequently, feathered creatures, not retired creatures was what came to my mind.
Glitterati3D
Dances with Bees
Warm, but steady, constant rain. That's OK, though, not storming and we need a good, soaking rain.
Someone ordered wrong and a local grocery store had some really beautiful Nepanthes plants for $25.00, so the Nepanthes is outside thoroughly enjoying the high humidity and rain.
Someone ordered wrong and a local grocery store had some really beautiful Nepanthes plants for $25.00, so the Nepanthes is outside thoroughly enjoying the high humidity and rain.
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StudioMartillo
Engaged
Ha! Flummery!
Photos? What photos?
Well it is the winter residents that I was being silly about.
We're all geezers here and a bit stiff.
The snowbirds don't adjust well to the change of locale and so they continue to act like they're still wherever they came from.
That makes them look ridiculous, and many of them come from big cities and go racing around crowding and complaining for months before they realize they're back in paradise.
It's not the weather here that determines when they come. It's the weather there.
A lot of the ones that have come already are from Colorado and California, which is unusual.
It's usually Michigan and Minnesota people who show up first.
Must have been some harsh weather in the Northwest recently.
StudioMartillo
Engaged
Neither do I.Well, not too long ago you posted some photos you said were from near your home.
I just don't remember which thread they were in.
Glitterati3D
Dances with Bees
Well, I spoke too soon.....winds are pretty strong after the rains moved out, and we just spent a couple hours without power.
I don't dare work on products for fear of losing power in the middle of something and causing corruption.
I don't dare work on products for fear of losing power in the middle of something and causing corruption.
Mythocentric
Extraordinary
Cool, damp and, for the first time this year, foggy.
Ohhh, feel better soon Pen.