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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...

ABC’s of Frog Coolness

by Margot Fass | Oct 25, 2018 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

For modesty’s sake, the couple above, held up by the female, is hiding behind a leaf. A. Amplexis*** can be acrobatic. Five days into our trip, we were out around a little pond on the property, when a red-eyed tree frog couple was spotted on branch. Suddenly,...

Frog Paintings, Serious and Whimsical

by Margot Fass | Oct 17, 2018 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

The painting above is the second version of a still life that was started in a class. Rochester Art Club show entry rules prohibit class paintings, so I did scene again with the sea and clouds as background. A young man in Jamaica who calls regularly often tends to be...

Pesticides and Gardens

by Margot Fass | Oct 9, 2018 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

Lindsay Graham lives on the edge of the Erie Canal. The groundskeeper had been using pesticides. The gardener said that if Lindsay didn’t want pesticides, she had to find someone else do the work. That someone turned out to be me. What were previously barren gardens...