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A Thanksgiving address; A better way in 2020

by Margot Fass | Nov 30, 2019 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

We have just celebrated a holiday originated by the indigenous people of North America. For many in the United States, Thanksgiving is an occasion to slaughter 46 million turkeys, and make oneself sick on too much food and drink. For some, the next three weeks will...

The Sixth Extinction

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

As we’re speeding toward the widely predicted Sixth Extinction, thinking of our doomed heirs and the possible loss of this beautiful planet, there’s much talk of the larger species: predators that keep the water, land, regional animals, and indigenous flora balanced....

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...

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...