Thank you for visiting Snowbird of Paradise. I am delighted that you have found my site. Please explore the various posts and read as many as take your fancy.
From 2009 to 2021 I was a snowbird. Snowbirds (aka Dark-eyed Juncos) leave Canada in the winter and return in the spring, and people who do the same are also called snowbirds. Years ago, I planted a Bird of Paradise shrub in a pot and put it out on my patio in California, and I have combined the two “birds” in the title of this blog. I hope you will enjoy reading my thoughts about the things that come my way.
Covid-19 required me to end my winter travels to the US and in the intervening years my circumstances changed. I now live in Nanaimo, British Columbia, which is on Snuneymuxw First Nation territory. I should no longer call myself a snowbird, but I have become fond of the name of this blog and there are several regular readers who recognize it, so I think I will keep the name as it is.
I will be happy to hear from you and to respond in the comments sections. If any comments are disrespectful of people or ideas, either intentionally or accidentally, I reserve the right to delete them. If you would like to send me an email, please use the form provided here.
Snowbird of Paradise 
Will follow with interest, hope I am the first comment, good luck, how were you watching meltwater in San Jose, or are you back in Canada?
Hi Jim, Yes, yours is the first comment on the Welcome page! I think you’ll get a chuckle out of the Dating page, too. I’m in San Jose, and it has been raining.
Ohhh my gosh
I found you
Miss you
Not the same with-out you
I miss you, too, Gee Gee. I’m glad you found the blog and hope you enjoy it.
Hi Anne, I don’t appear to have your email address, hence a post here.
Julie xx