Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

Sunday was Mother’s Day, and I got this letter from Mom in the mail. She said she was in labor with me for 46 hours! Yikes! I guess that’s of the many downsides of having a huge head.

Even though it was raining, Gracie was in town looking for a car wash! It’s been a while since I’ve washed her car, but my quick index finger got the job done with a spotless wash. I’ve still got it!

As a reward, Gracie gave me this orange pinstripe shirt that you can see me wearing here. Even though it’s kind of ugly, it was one of the few Gracie exclusive shirts that I needed for my catalog checklist.

Today, I got a goodbye letter from Billy in the mail. He even went so far as to say he’ll never be back! I believe him too; he’s as stubborn as a goat.

Belle told me that she started selling turnips under the table. She said she would give me 100 of them for just 1 bell each.

I knew she wasn’t actually going to sell me any, but I played along. She then got mad at me for believing her.

Up near Tom’s home, I found another house. It belongs to Forest’s newest resident, Axel the elephant!

When I visited Baabara in her house, she wanted to play a game with me. She had three bags: one contained a gray tartan, one had a peach, and one had a pitfall inside. She was only charging 470 bells to pick a bag, so I played along.

I picked the left bag and scored myself a pitfall. I later used it on Emerald. Nothing personal, froggy.

Before checking my mail today, I headed up to Nook’s to sell some stuff that was filling up my pockets. On my way, I saw some windsocks near Candi’s house.

If you’re not aware, windsocks appear in various spots around town during the first few days of May. While there isn’t anything you can do with them, they are nice to look at. It’s one of the many seasonal touches (like the cherry blossoms in April) that provide some variety throughout the year.

After returning home, I received a goodbye letter from Tad in the mail. It’s too bad he hopped away, since I would’ve rather seen Betty fly the coop. But Tad was here for five months, which is pretty long for one of the two “temporary” villagers.

Today is also Spring Cleaning Day, and Mom sent me 1,000 bells in the mail.

The villagers in town all mention Spring Cleaning Day the first time you speak with them. Puck asked me to clean his room for him! That’s not how it works, penguin.

Genji got a little too excited for spring cleaning. Either that, or he’s dripping with sarcasm.

Belle told me I should clean my house in a tutu! Uh, no thanks.

I found Mayor Tortimer near the wishing well; he told me to take all my trash to the dump when I was done cleaning. He said that makes it easier for everyone to find the good junk, when it’s all in one location. Meanwhile, Static was spinning in the background.

Maybe Static was trying to spin dry his cherry shirt. Once he was done, I spoke with him and he told me that he’s the Spring Cleaning Day enforcer! Ha!

On my way back home, I ran into my new villager: Billy the goat. Even though his house is near Maple’s home, he was hanging up north of Tom’s house. He seems pretty nice so far.

After a quick stop at the post office, I hung out by some windsocks for a couple minutes. Just so that I could make this GIF. Happy Spring Cleaning Day, everyone!

Sadly, Daisy has moved out of town since the last time I played. I got her goodbye letter in the mail today.

I found a new villager house near Belle’s house, and it’s right up against the river. I believe homes in later games can’t be right up against the river like this–they need a space in between. But the new river home belongs to Betty the chicken, and she was quite surprised to see me.

I went inside to check out her house, and I saw that she has three chairs in here. As if she would ever use that many at once.

I boarded Kapp’n’s boat and took a trip out to the island. On the way, a dead body floated by and Kapp’n kept right on singing!

I didn’t stay on the island long; I quickly returned to the mainland and tracked down Gulliver (who was actually alive, just unconscious). I talked to him repeatedly until he woke up and gave me a prize: Plate armor.

When I spoke to Ursala, she told me that she painted the roof of my house! She used orange paint, but not just any orange paint–scented orange paint! She said it will smell like an orange grove! I don’t recall seeing this bit of dialogue before.

I stopped by the post office and then the dump, where I found a pad of paper and a phonograph. I returned home and took a look at my new orange roof. It might not be my favorite color for a roof, but it’s not horrible…I may keep it for a while.

See you next time!