| ARCHIE:
I have always liked frogs. I like the looks of frogs, and their
outlook, and especially the way they get together in wet places on
warm nights and sing about sex. One of the less well advertised
virtues of Florida is its distinction in respect to frogs. .. No
other state has so many kinds or such volume of individual frogs;
and certainly none has the varied frog song. |
| MIMI:
One of the things Daddy prided himself
on was his fairly encyclopedic knowledge of animal, mostly frog,
songs and choruses. And His ability to recognize them and know what
state in their breeding cycle they were. |
| STEPHEN:
That's why he moved out to this particular spot was the enormous
frog choruses that could be heard. |
| MIMI:
I tell you, the memory of being a kid in the 50's, prior to air
conditioning, and the throbbing sounds in that pond where the pond
just felt like it was going to levitate right up and reach this
pinnacle. I believe there was a connection in his interest and his
love of music and openness to natural sounds. I mean - to get
interested in frog songs I think you gotta be kind of interested in
music. That was very much a part of him. He would sometimes hum
songs over and over .. And La Vien Rose was one that he particularly
loved and would sing as we would drive in the car to and from
school. |
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