Flower Fest 2023

Now that it’s early April, many trees around town are now pink. Wild World and the other older games use a darker shade of pink than the newer games, but they’re still a pretty sight to behold. 🌸

The pink trees of early April in Animal Crossing: Wild World.

It’s also Flower Fest week, and Tortimer was standing outside of town hall. Of course, he only talks about his aching feet, so he’s really unnecessary for this event. πŸ˜›

Tortimer: Oh, Jeff... I'm so tired. My feet ache from standing here all day...

Many of my villagers have flower gardens set up for the competition, even if half of their flowers were wilted. I guess Forest needs some rain. 🌧️

Mitzi's flower garden. Half of her flowers were wilted.

And yet, Mitzi was quite confident that she was going to win the contest. Several other villagers echoed this sentiment.

Mitzi: I'm SO going to win. Beneath these dirty fingers lurk thumbs of purest green!

Eloise was confident too, but she seemed more exhausted by all the work she’s spent gardening. Yeah, I guess that can’t be easy for an elephant to do.

Eloise: My clothes and shoes all smell like flowers. And dirt.

There was a new house, and I went inside to meet Butch’s replacement. It was Caroline, the red squirrel with huge eyes. πŸ‘€ I kinda like her, even if her eyes look slightly freaky. πŸ˜›

Caroline: Nice to meet you! Out for a nice evening walk, are you, hulaaaa?

Peanut was still sick with a cold, so I gave her another dose of medicine.

I don’t plan on participating in the Flower Fest, not even to cheat and steal my villagers’ flowers. πŸ˜› But good luck to all of you who are competing this year! πŸ™‚ 🌹🌷🌼🌻

Butch Runs Away

On Wednesday, I was saddened to find Butch’s goodbye letter in the mail. πŸ™ He’s one of my favorite animals in the series, and it sucks to lose him. But the worst part is that I didn’t even get to earn his photo!! Oof.

It's good-bye, Jeff, Hey, I moved! Yeah, sorry for not telling you where I'm going, but you'll just cry or something.

I haven’t seen a shooting star in a long time. But last night, there was a meteor shower! In my 25-minute session, there were six shooting stars…and I managed to wish on five of them. 🌠

Today, Wishy sent me a letter in the mail, claiming to have granted my wish. But he only gave me a blue dresser. Am I ever going to get that last painting I need?

Anyway, Anchovy was wanting me to say that I love him (to complete his “I love you, I love you not… poem). But when I refused, he kept insisting that I really did love him. πŸ˜› Hate to break it to you, Anchovy… πŸ˜›

Anchovy: Noooo... I know you love me! You're just so stubborn, sunshine.

I found a note in a bottle on the beach, and it had a horoscope inside. It said that during the lunar eclipse, I’ll run around like a shovel-wielding maniac.

Daily Horoscope: During the lunar eclipse, you'll run around like a shovel-wielding maniac. Wear a hockey mask. -Astrocon Industries

Well yeah, but I’d do that anyway.

Peanut is the latest villager to catch the cold that’s been going around. I gave her medicine yesterday and then again today. Get well soon, Peanut!

In front of the museum, Bones and Eloise were having a conversation about dating. Bones said that girls chase after him a lot. πŸ˜›

Bones: Who, me, yip yip? Well, as you can see... Girls chase after me a lot.
You mean dogcatchers? πŸ˜‰

Bones said he once fell in love with bananas Foster, and he got hurt. Eloise got mad that he was comparing food to her relationship pain.

Eloise, Sorry, Bones... That's rought. No one knows the pain of lost love like me!

The Flower Fest is coming up next week! See you then!

Ocean Soup

On Wednesday, Saharah was in town. She asked me to deliver a rug to Mabel and some wallpaper to Pelly. I made both deliveries, and Saharah offered me a tropical vista or a tropical floor. I’ve already had both before, so I just lazily picked the first option (the wallpaper). πŸ˜›

Saharah: Do you want a tropical vista or a tropical floor?

Mitzi is the latest villager to come down with a cold, so I gave her some medicine yesterday and again today. She was starting to feel better, but that doesn’t mean she’s over the cold yet.

Mitzi: Oh, wow... I feel so much better. I didn't think it would work that fast!

I found Pascal down by the shore today, and he told me that the ocean is salty and full of fish…

Pascal: If you think about it, maaaannn, the ocean is all salty and full of fish.

…just like a huge bowl of fish. πŸ˜›

Pascal: It's, like, this HUGE bowl of soup... Just needs a little heating, maaannn.
Be careful what you wish for…

Before diving into the sea, he handed me some ship deck flooring.