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...

An invitation

by Margot Fass | Oct 7, 2018 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

FROG HOUSE GRAND OPENING FROG HOUSE GRAND OPENING Please visit our new Frog House at the top of the steps between the two canal-side gardens at 65 State Street (third house east of the Schoen Place bridge). The Frog House contains new prints of Margot Fass’s...

40. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Santa Cruz, Balta

by Margot Fass | Jun 5, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Thursday, June 28th Mangrove Sunrise and Going Home                   Today we got up at 5:30 am for a dawn pre breakfast boat ride to Black Turtle Cove, to see the sunrise, mangroves, and maybe, some turtles.         Mangroves can provide fresh water for themselves...

39. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Genovesa

by Margot Fass | May 29, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Tuesday, June 27th A Motley Crew This morning’s hike was a dry landing at a flight of very steep rocky stairs, known as Prince Phillip’s Steps. We were greeted at the top by a mockingbird, singing a happy welcoming song. As daunting as it was to go up the staircase,...

38. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Santa Cruz/Santiago

by Margot Fass | May 22, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Monday, June 26th Life from Death At 1 o’clock from the white ship, there is a large flat rock  around which we later would swim.  Just below that, at 2:30 from the white ship, you can barely see a tiny little sliver of a boat with hairline masts.  That mere toothpick...

37. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Floreana Part II

by Margot Fass | May 15, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Sunday, June 25th Floreana Boobies Because of their incredible fecundity and destructiveness to the environment, 150 thousand non-native goats were shot from helicopters by a New Zealand company, which in turn made off with 10 million dollars for the job, or $70 per...

36. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Floreana Part I

by Margot Fass | May 8, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Friday, June 25th Odd Early Settlers. Floreana is known for its expansive white beaches,  and for flora (flores), such as this tree daisy, and other yellow (preferred by daytime carpenter bees) and white (favored by nighttime hawk moths) flowers. Floreana’s biggest...