Frogs. Everyone seems to collect frogs. Especially single women. Why do we like them so much? I recently read that the Japanese believe frogs bring prosperity to the home. The 'fairy tales' have a frog turning into a PRINCE with the 'right kiss'. Are you familar with Richard Gardener's 'Real Fairy Tales' - - as a child my Mom read only Gardener's Fairy Tales to me and my cousins. . . . I'll let you search for a copy to find out what happen to the frog prince in this fractured fairy tale book.
The Frogs I like best - are Blenko Frogs. Blenko Glass has made frogs since the 1930s. In the 1960s Blenko made the large open mouth frog vase ( there are two example in the Visitor Center Garden entrance garden). In 1990 they started making the two sizes of dump mold frogs. (These are on sale now at the Visitor Center for $6 - $12 in multiple colors). In 2002 they inhitiated a new larger end of day froge bookend to use left over glass ( I don't have a photo of this but Don Lemley at Blenko is suppose to find one and then I'll post it) . If you have photos of Blenko Frogs or other special frogs we can share them in a future post.
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Dr. Gardener is a well known, or was I think he may have passed, child development specialist in later life he became a child psychatrist.
His long term goal was to have young girls and boys grow into free thinking, indepedent adults.
We read the stories to our grand children when they visit.
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