Are Pesticides and Other Chemicals Safe?

by Margot Fass | Jun 10, 2020 | Pittsford Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Are pesticides and chemical products safe to use in my lawn and garden? The short answer is no; pesticides and all lawn chemicals are bad for the environment, humans and critters of all sizes. Responsible citizens restrict their lawn care to an electric mower, trim,...

Save the Frogs Day Nature Symposium – April 25, 2020

by Margot Fass | May 14, 2020 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

Pittsford Event, 2019 On April 25, the Save the Frogs Day Nature Symposium really happened! We learned the hard way last year that weather had complete control of outdoor event success on Save the Frogs Day, so this year we built in alternate locations. We joined with...

Save the Frogs Webinar April 2020

by Margot Fass | May 12, 2020 | Webinar Replays

Part I – Inclusion and Sustainability videos 10 am: Kit Miller, M.K. Gandhi Institute “What does Nonviolence have to do with the environment?”10:30 AM: Jackie Ebner, Rochester Area Interfaith Climate Action “Engaging faith communities in saving...

Gratitude from A Frog House

by Margot Fass | Apr 19, 2020 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

Save the Frogs Day Nature Symposium Webinar Gratitude. Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 10 am until 2 pm. You can meet your fine, friendly line up of like-minded and extremely generous presenters more formally on our website page about the event. Then, pick the sessions...

Collaborative Greening: Feasible in Pittsford, NY

by Margot Fass | Mar 18, 2020 | Frog Blog, Pittsford Adventures and Frogs

Collaborative greening is good for citizens, municipalities, and the environment. Here’s how we’re working together in Pittsford to ensure that we make and keep our town green. Tension and differing objectives There always has been, and always will be,...

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...