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The birdies will be flying off to the North.

The high season will be ending.
And soon we will be sending.
The snowbirds back to the snow.

Lots of birds will be leaving,
And folks will be grieving.
For friends, with all feeling low.

We will miss them for certain
and find it a burden
to watch them all pack and to go.

We will miss the huge crowds
And the talking real loud
and the saving of chairs for the shows.

We will try to be cheerful
And not be too tearful
In thinking that they all gotta go.

So we'll tell them we miss them
and we'll hug and we'll kiss them
and try not to grin or to show

That when they are gone now
The lines won't be so long now.
and later for dinner we can go.

We'll find it consoling
that pickleball and bowling
We'll be first in line then to go.

We'll have space at the Publix
and the parking will be all fixed,
and shopping won't be so darn slow.

Our golf groups won't be booted,
And our driving not saluted
with interesting gestures and calls.

We will miss them all badly.
But maybe not ALL sadly.
And joyfully look for their return in the fall.

Just teasing you snowbirds. We love you and we will miss you.
We will just spread out a little while you're gone.;)

Very cool GG!

:pepper2:

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 846512)

LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
A very nice blend to say that it isn't that we don't like snowbirds--the ones I personally know, I like very much, and I will really miss them for sure. It is just the disruption to our every day lives that we don't like, crowds, getting kicked out of golf, traffic, everything you said. I can't imagine any of the snowbirds would like it if the population of their town doubled or whatever, and for 3-6 months of the year they experienced the same problems. But, that doesn't mean that we do not know it will happen again next year, and it obviously doesn't mean that we are moving to leave this wonderful place. It is what it is.........

Gracie, that is so perfect and well written. Did you write it?:clap2:

Awwww, stated so Gracefully!

Nice Gracie! I am already going through withdrawal :(
I will miss my friends!

Gracie, a poet is born! Very nice to read, I enjoyed it a lot.

Not only are you an artist, you are a poet too! But now I have to face the departure of my dear neighbor in May.:cry:

This snowbird will be flying south pretty soon!

Snowbirds pump a ton of cash into this place from September through April.

Will miss the birds, but will not miss all of the renters

Renters spend their money too

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Originally Posted by Duvalboomer (Post 846991)

Will miss the birds, but will not miss all of the renters

Nothing wrong with those who rent. Some are my good friends and have rented for the last five or six years.

From an economic standpoint, they may be a lot smarter than some of us snowbirds that own property.

Gotta say that if I was a snowbird or a renter I'd be finding this posting quite offensive. People are just people. Why the need for labels for their address status.

We're snowbirds and proud of it and no offense taken. Life
Couldn't be better than winter in The Village and summer in
Western New York.