When Chicken Little saw this sky, she knew there was trouble ahead, so she squawked her famous lines and said, as you know:
Bok-bok-bok!
The SKY is falling,
And WE must tell the KING!
BoddOCK bok!
Well, who would’ve thunk that a chicken could forecast this dramatic weather phenomenon?!
The very next day, the sky actually DID fall. That big dark cloud fell onto the ground and covered the whole valley.
And then, as Carl Sandburg said:
The fog comes in
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
They say that “No man is an island,” but these fir trees aren’t too sure about that.




April 11, 2025 at 12:50 am
I love that Sandburg poem. It’s so beautifully descriptive and your lovely photos are perfect for it!
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April 11, 2025 at 8:30 am
If I’d had a glimpse of town, the photo would have “fit” better with the poem, but it’s down in there, way down in the fog.
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April 11, 2025 at 1:18 am
Dear Anneli
thanks for your great photos and texts.
When the fog comes on little cat feet here, it’s called ‘sea fret’.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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April 11, 2025 at 8:29 am
Interesting. I hadn’t heard it called that before. Thanks, KB.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:12 am
It’s a Norfolk expression, but my etymological dictionary says it’s a northern English. Everyone uses this word for sea fog on our coast of North Norfolk.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:55 am
Thanks for that, KB.
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April 12, 2025 at 7:36 am
In Scotland it’s a sea haar
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April 12, 2025 at 10:11 am
Wow! What a nice collection of terms I’m getting here. Thanks to you both, KB and Helen.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:35 am
Some awesome sky photos Anneli. Love the tie in to the children’s fable and the poem. Happy Friday. allan
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April 11, 2025 at 8:29 am
I used to listen to these kids’ stories on the radio before we had TV and some of them got stuck in my brain.
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April 11, 2025 at 7:22 am
What a wonderful post.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:28 am
I’m afraid now the world knows how silly I can get. But it’s fun.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:06 am
Wonderful pictures Anneli and I like the poem too!
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April 11, 2025 at 8:27 am
I was just having a bit of goofy fun. Thanks, Ursula.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:42 am
Yay for chickens and gorgeous settings! 😊
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April 11, 2025 at 8:49 am
Thanks, Brad. *smiling*
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April 11, 2025 at 9:53 am
I enjoyed your appreciation of the storm here, Anneli, as well as the chicken translation and literary highlights. Great fun in many forms, and beautiful photos.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:54 am
Tnx, Jet. I had fun with this one.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:44 am
Fine photos, I like those dramatic skies. The poems are a nice fit.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:54 am
Thanks a lot, Belinda.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:52 am
Wow! That black sky on the left side of the photo almost looks like a saucer! Cool pictures.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:55 am
I noticed the lumps on it, like portholes.
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April 11, 2025 at 12:18 pm
Yes. Portholes. Eerie.
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April 11, 2025 at 3:17 pm
Beautiful views, Anneli, I see some lenticular clouds up there.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:26 pm
They definitely show which way the wind is blowing.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:27 am
Wow! The sky did fall.
And I love the description of the fog like a cat. So descriptive.
Wonderful photos, too.
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April 12, 2025 at 10:13 am
Yes, me too. I love Sandburg’s poem.
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April 12, 2025 at 7:37 am
That’s one ominous looking sky! No wonder Chicken Little was scared!
I didn’t know the Sandberg lines. They’re wonderful.
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April 12, 2025 at 10:10 am
Having had cats (and dogs) in my life forever, I found that Carl Sandburg’s poem resonated with me from the start, especially the silent haunches part.
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