Foggy Oak Fairy Tales

Hi friends! This week’s story is about three hens with big personalities who recently rejoined us at Foggy Oak Farm...and the hijinks they have already gotten into. Flock additions are always interesting, but perhaps never quite so much as for these hens who had never seen a rooster, let alone an entire farm full of animals! Join me to find out how they are acclimating to their new life on the farm! New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Hi friends! This week’s episode is about my recent trip to Ohio to experience the totality of the 2024 solar eclipse – a fantastical celestial event that I hope everyone will have the chance to experience at least once in their lifetimes. New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Hi Friends! This week I’m continuing our goat theme with a farm story about our goat Sunshine…and her recent determination to make my daughter into a goat rider?! New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Hi Friends! This week’s story is an adaptation of one of my favorite fairy tales – The Three Billy Goats Gruff! Three goats are desperate to cross a bridge to get to a lush green pasture, but a fearsome terrible troll lives there and gobbles up anything that tries to cross! The goats have to figure out how to outwit the troll and get to the pasture.... New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Hi friends! This week’s story is an adaptation of the English Fairy Tale “My Own Self”, collected and edited in the volume “More English Fairy Tales” by Joseph Jacobs in 1922. In this story, a young boy finds out that his wish of meeting a fairy might come true…but might not be wise to repeat! New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

This week’s story is based on an Aesop’s Fable called “The Bundle of Sticks”, which teaches us the age old lesson that “unity is strength”. The forest animals are tired of being bossed around by the bullying Bear, who threatens to GOBBLE THEM UP if anyone tries to disagree with him. Can they find a way to work together and get bear to correct his bad behavior? Let’s find out! New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Hi friends! We are happy to be back with Season 3 of Foggy Oak Fairy Tales! This week we have a story about magic, sheep, and laughter. Shannon is a wonderful shepherd with the happiest, healthiest flock in all of Ireland. But she’s worried that someone might try to steal her lamb, whose wool feels like the softest fleece and shines like moonlight. So when the goddess Brigid and her ram Cirb offer to grant Shannon a wish...she knows just what to ask for. Her wish leads to a VERY sticky situation, a cure for a princess who cannot laugh, and a brighter future for her country. Let’s find out how several classic fairy tale tropes come together for a fun filled sheep adventure! New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Hi friends, this episode is about our puppies experiencing their very first real snow! It happened last week, and at a year-and-a-half old it was their first chance to fall in love with an aspect of winter that everyone here at Foggy Oak Farm already adores. That is…if they can get over how scared they are of this mysterious white stuff falling from the sky! Let’s learn how Orion and Kristoff went from terrified to thrilled, with some help from their parents. New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

This week’s story is based on a recent scientific theory about how wolves became pack animals. Wolf likes to exist alone….until Raven gives her reason to believe that there is safety and success in numbers. What will she do?? New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

This week’s story an adaptation of a Grimm’s Fairy Tale called “The Fisherman and His Wife”, originally published in 1812. A fisherman catches a magic fish who begs him for its life. The fisherman spares the fish, but later returns to make a series of increasingly self-centered and greedy demands as his dissatisfaction grows, no matter how many wishes the fish grants. New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

This week we have another story about Ducklings! Towards the beginning of October, I found a surprise in the chicken coop. If you’ve been following the podcast for a while, you’ll remember that we have had a LOT of surprises in the chicken coop this year. This time, it was ducklings. We’re talking about our eight surprise fall ducklings and their habits – including their penchant for catching the zoomies as a group. New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to Foggy Oak Scaaaaaary Tales! This week involves a scary discovery that isn’t precisely what it seems. Our protagonists encounter a prehistoric mystery when they are almost crashed into by a gigantic reptile who turns out to be a MOZASAUR. Do you think he’ll be a friend...or a foe? Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Hi friends, welcome back to Foggy Oak Scaaaaaary Tales! This week we have a story about my family’s visit to the Point Prim Lighthouse on Prince Edward Island...and the ghost we met while touring the lighthouse. Join us for a cozy exploration of a very special lighthouse, and its very special ghost: Michael. Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to Foggy Oak Scaaaaaary Tales! This week’s story is about two siblings, Harlan and Arley, who are desperate for a trampoline. Their parents agree to get them one, but the kids are impatient and wish that a trampoline would show up RIGHT NOW. And that is how they meet…the TRAMP-O-MEAN. Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Hi friends, for the month of October we’re doing "Foggy Oak Scary Tales" to celebrate Halloween! These kid-friendly spooky stories are sure to give you a shiver of delight. Our first Foggy Oak Scary Tale comes from my mother, Kathy Krendl, about the time she and her parents conspired to make a haunted house surprise for her older sister and her friends. It was…the Spookiest Halloween Ever! Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Have you heard the Aesop’s fable about the boy who cried wolf? This week’s story is a retelling of that fable about the risks of raising false alarms – in this case, not knowing how you’ll actually react to something scary until it happens. New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

Have you heard the expression “follows you around like a duckling” before? This is a story about a time when we rescued and hatched seven wild mallard duck eggs and how we learned that, like domestic ducks, wild ducklings imprint on you when they are growing up, but unlike domestic ducks, they eventually yearn for and return to nature. New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

This week, we’re back with siblings Rowan and Rosalie as they work to complete the second of three tests to become honorary mermaids! Last time, they were in the sunlight zone of the ocean and helped to save a baby otter who was in danger. Their kindness earned them green gold speckles all over their mermaid tails and the completion of one test! This week, they are moving into the middle layer – the twilight zone – for their second test, when they encounter a ghost net – which is a fishing net that has been lost or abandoned at sea. It’s called a ghost net because it keeps catching fish and other sea creatures forever even though no one is in charge of it – it just haunts the water. Rowan and Rosalie have to save themselves and a hundred other animals who are trapped in the net. A quick word of caution – everything comes out fine in the end, and we talk about this in kid-friendly ways, but these nets are a little sad and scary because of their impact on wildlife. They really are a huge problem in the oceans! You can skip this episode if you’d rather not learn about them. You can listen to the first part of their story in the episode "Honorary Mermaids: The Sunlight Zone". New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a beloved place, animal, or thing is in need of a name. Or, well, if it’s not universally acknowledged at least a the practice has a long and illustrious history in both fiction and reality. This week we are talking about names, specifically the names we give to places, creatures, and things we love. New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.

This week, we have a story about one of the latest odd nests we’ve found around the farm– a hen who hid her nest in a secret goat feeding bucket – and the adorable chicks that recently joined us as a result. New intro Support the Show. If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep our podcast going <3 Want to share your thoughts or a picture with us? Connect with us on Facebook or via any of the other channels listed on our website, foggyoakfairytales.com! Looking for Foggy Oak Fairy Tales podcast merch? No problem! Check out our merchandise! Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures climbing (and figuring out how to get down from) all kinds of places! — — — — — — — Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro! ©2024 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.