Margot Fass, Author at A Frog House

Every day is a birth day.

by Margot Fass | Nov 6, 2019 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

A mama frog of some species can lay as many as 20,000 eggs and fill a pond with tadpoles, so it’s pretty hard to nail a day to celebrate any single froggy’s birthday. I decided to share my birthday with every frog on the planet on Sunday, August 10, at A Frog House....

Frog Is Where My He(Art) Is

by Margot Fass | Jun 20, 2019 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

A musician friend decided a few weeks ago that he didn’t like his music, and so he wasn’t going to make it any more. He said that what he imagines is not what comes out, and argued that making art only for himself is complete and abject narcissism. He objected to the...

Snowy Adventures: Snow Date June 9, 1 to 5 PM

by Margot Fass | Jun 5, 2019 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

In northern New York state, where A Frog House is located, the spring peepers are less indicators than wishful harbingers of spring. They had begun their raucous symphony a few weeks before Save the Frogs Day on April 27. The frogs were ready to celebrate, and we had...

Frogs and Kindness

by Margot Fass | Dec 4, 2018 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

Thanks to the kindness of person exhibiting this as a bumper sticker, a timely reminder 5. Pittsford Adventures and Frogs – 2018.12.4. – On Kindness This Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates Auratus), kindly allowed me to take a photo in Costa...

Their Many Gifts and Meanings

by Margot Fass | Nov 27, 2018 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

Is the wrapping or what’s inside most important? In the case of the glass frog above, If you were looking at it from the bottom, you would actually be able to see the heart, liver and intestines. I can never get over the gift of seeing the inner perfection of...