In Octavian’s house, he had a campfire behind his flowers. At first glance, I was alarmed; it looks like the flowers are on fire!
I went in to say hi to Moe today, and he actually looks cute when his eyes are closed. Maybe I just need to buy him some sunglasses–some huge sunglasses.
And over by my museum, I found a new black rose.
If you’re wondering why that has any significance, I’ll tell you: It’s the last one I need! For years, I’ve been planning on doing a new town tour once I line all my paths with gold roses. And to make gold roses, you need black roses. (If you water wilted black roses with the golden watering can, they’ll turn into gold roses which never need to be watered). In fact, I even called that my ultimate long-term goal in my very first blog entry back in 2011.
Of course I’m not quite ready to record the video just yet. I still need to convert a couple dozen black roses into gold roses. But I now have everything I need to do it. However, it will require a change in strategy: Rather than watering my black roses like I’ve been doing, I now have to carefully not water them–at least not until they’re wilted.
Every flower I water (out of the force of habit) could potentially delay the process. And the upcoming rainy season could hamper my progress as well. But I’m on the home stretch now, and my goal is finally within reach.