Shamrock Day 2024

On Friday (March 15th), Mira asked me to bury a time capsule for her. I buried it in the northwest part of town, as usual.

Mira: So...will you bury this time capsule for me? I've written down my life's goals in a letter to my future self.

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, known as Shamrock Day in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Isabelle was standing at the event plaza, wearing green for the occasion.

Isabelle: What do you think of my outfit? Since today is Shamrock Day, I just thought I'd wear something green!

She gave me a shamrock hat, and I put it on (along with my club tee).

Wearing my club tee and shamrock hat for Shamrock Day (St. Patrick's Day).

I also stuck my face in the face-cutout standee. 😛 Happy Shamrock day, everyone! 🍀

The Shamrock Day face-cutout standee.

All of my villagers commented on the hat I was wearing, and Rolf almost thought I was a leprechaun. 😉

Rolf: If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were a genuine leprechaun, or at least stole one's hat!

Inkwell said that it seems like everything is green today, even the bread he ate this morning. Actually, that doesn’t sound very appetizing.

Inkwell: Even the bread I ate this morning was green!

I found a lost item (a book) on the ground, and I returned it to Inkwell. He rewarded me with just a blue plaid tee.

Inkwell: Oh! You found my copy of Pecs and Quads of the Rich and Famous!

As for my final Friday Night Forest, I’ve decided it’s going to be on March 29th at 10 p.m. Eastern time. It’ll be open to anyone on my New Leaf friend roster. If town fills up, I might close and reopen the gate every half hour or so, to give anyone else that’s trying to get in a chance. I’m not sure it’ll fill up, though. But it’ll be nice to have one last party.

According to Luna, Teren from DalyCity was my most recent dream visitor. Thanks for stopping by!

Is my New Leaf savings account still my largest across the series? Find out in this quick video:

The One That Got Away

As of yesterday, the snow has all melted and spring is here (unofficially). I promptly went to Able Sisters to change my path from the blue icy bricks back to my usual green bricks.

Green grass and green bricks mark their return.

When I ran into Rolf, he reminded me that I didn’t get the petition signatures in time. (Thanks.) So he told me to go ahead and throw away the paper.

Rolf: I don't need the signature sheet anymore, so you can throw it away!

Cube was apparently enjoying the rain, because he said he wanted to splash me!

Cube: I totally want to splash you. You're cool with that, right, muscles?

Mira asked me for an apple, so I went out and picked one for her. She loved it!

Mira: This is such a good apple! I can't stop yelling!

She rewarded me with a bucket from her bucket stash. 🪣

Mira: Heh heh... This is from my secret bucket stash. You earned it, dude!

Inkwell asked me for some furniture, and I briefly considered giving him the bucket. But I decided I should try to find something a bit nicer than a bucket for him. 😆 So I bought a swinging bench from Harv at the campground.

Harvey: Ah! So you're interested in my swinging bench...

I took it over to Inkwell, and he loved it so much that he gave me his picture! After three and a half years, I finally earned it!

Inkwell: This Inkwell's pic ought to work for you, muscles! Thanks a bunch for your help!

I took it home and put it on display. His favorite quote is “There’s a sucker born every minute.”

Inkwell's pic in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

With that finally done, I decided to play the last level of Desert Island Escape. It seemed like a really big level, but I was making good progress. And then…it happened. The game froze. I try jiggling the controls, but nothing happened. After about five seconds of nothing, the game crashed. Not just Desert Island Escape, but New Leaf. My 3DS said it had to restart the whole system!

Of course, the worst part is that I didn’t save my game before starting Desert Island Escape. So I don’t have Inkwell’s pic any more!!! 😧

I re-bought the swinging bench, just in case it might work again. But I couldn’t get Inkwell to ask me for more furniture yet. Eventually, I gave Desert Island Escape another try, and I completed the final level. But that wasn’t much consolation after losing something I’ve been trying to get for 3.5 years. 😖

Today, Nintendo sent me a letter congratulating me on completing the advanced levels in Desert Island Escape, and another for completing all levels. Attached to the letters, I found an amiibo shelf and a good-luck charm. Even though the good-luck charm is a wall-mounted furniture item, it can be shown off like a fish or bug.

Showing off my new good-luck charm, standing next to my new amiibo shelf.

I pestered Inkwell again today, trying to get him to ask me for another favor. But no luck.

Anyway, I’m going to try to have one final Friday Night Forest before online play ends in April. It will likely be that first Friday in April, but check back in March for any final confirmation (or changes, if necessary). Update: It will probably be on March 29th.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors were Max from Ezo and Maggie from Nimbus. Thanks for stopping by!

Chocolate Month

For Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, Isabelle sent me a chocolate cake in the mail. Molly sent me a valentine with a chocolate heart, and Mom sent me a cacao tree. I ate the cake and the chocolate, and then sold the tree. 😛

Blushing after eating my chocolates.

Over at the Roost, I remembered to stop in to get my other holiday treat: a cup of hot chocolate from Brewster. Yum! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Me, at the Roost: This must be... hot chocolate!

I had a few snowflakes taking up spots in my pockets, so I built myself a Snowmam so that I could cash them in for some nice ice furniture.

Snowmam: This balance... I'm perfect!

Last night, the hole to the Resetti Center was open…so I dropped in for a visit. But Resetti did not seem very happy to see me.

Resetti: Don't hang around forever. Go on and get outta here!
And this was when I first arrived!

Chester the panda cub was camping at the campsite, so I went in his igloo to say hello.

Chester: Camping in the winter gets pretty chilly... But the cold just makes the fire feel even nicer.

I found a lost item on the ground, and I returned it to its owner, Cube. He rewarded me with a rubber apron…which I then strangled him with.

Cube: Here. Please take a rubber apron for your trouble, on Toy Day!
Give me your photo, d-d-dude!

While talking to Rolf tonight, I accidentally accepted his request for signature petitions. Oops. He’s not going to be happy about that next time.

I completed the 9th “advanced” level in Desert Island Escape, so I only have one more to go!

According to Luna, Angie from Moss was my most recent dream visitor. Thanks for stopping by!