This Frog Drum is the first of a series of thirteen drum designs that are also the names of the moons from different Coastal Nations. I have chosen the frog to begin the series for a number of reasons. This design has been with me for about eight years and has been waiting for the others to be completed. The time has gone by quickly and I have decided to release the first ones before I know what the others are going to be.

This past February, I completed my third traditional fast and have made a commitment to be a Sweat Lodge leader. When I came out of my fast, it was near the end of February and the frogs came out after the winter months and began their singing all over the Saanich peninsula. I was reminded that the moon in February is called the frog moon among the Tsartlip people. So with the moon in March, the frogs come out to sing, heralding the coming of spring.