Month: July 2023

On Tuesday night, I got to see the inside of Poncho’s house now that he’s all unpacked. Poncho actually looks kind of cute when his eyes are closed.

Harry asked me for a fossil. So I gave him an ankylo torso, and he asked if I got it from a forgotten, trap-laden tomb. 😛

He seems to be making a reference to Indiana Jones movies. But the fact that he’s calling me Dr. J makes it even better, sounding like he could be calling me Dr. Jones, as in the Aqua song that parodies Indiana Jones!

Anyway, Harry gave me a fancy carpet in return.

I did some late-night bug-catching, and I also caught two sharks. In all, I earned about 220,000 bells on Tuesday. On Thursday night, I made another 150k.

Tonight, Gabi was locked out of her house, and she was terrified that she’d have to live the rest of her life in the wilderness. Such a drama queen. 😛

There was a very heavy meteor shower tonight, so I stopped to take a photo of bugs on trees, and a shooting star. 🌠

Speaking of bugs, I made about 90,000 bells on the night, and that doesn’t even count the unsold bugs leftover in my inventory. My savings balance is now at 56.7 million bells, so I’m ahead of schedule to meet my summer goal.

See you all next time!

Yesterday, I found a new house in town, and Poncho the bear cub was inside.

He is another returning villager, last living in Forest in 2017. I didn’t hate him or anything, but I didn’t particularly care for him either. I don’t see that changing this time around.

Tonight, I visited Antonio, and I could hardly see him. Only the tip of his nose was sticking out from behind a screen. At least, I hope that was his nose.

At the Roost, I asked K.K. Slider for a random song. He performed K.K. House for me.

I did some bug-catching and fishing, and I thought this made for a cool screenshot of me fishing behind the windmill.

Another time, I had a huge river fish on my line…and then a mosquito came out of nowhere to bite me (and scare off the fish). Oof, that hurt.

My bug-catching session wasn’t super long, but I did manage to earn about 110,000 bells worth of bugs tonight.

Yesterday, I received Lobo’s goodbye letter in the mail.

Lately, I’ve been getting a bit annoyed by my grass wear along my bug-catching route, especially in the southwest corner of town. So I did something I haven’t done in years: I added a new path. If I can stick to it, the grass will regrow, and this area won’t look so barren.

Last night, I was playing later than usual…so late that even Nook ‘n’ Go was closed. I did a little bug hunting, but I had to be more selective. No 1k or 2k bugs, and I even had to fight the urge to catch emperor butterflies. But this is what I ended up with:

Today, I played again and I wanted to see what that haul was worth.

I didn’t sell all of them just yet, though. There was a Bug-Off today, so I headed over to town hall and gave Nat an elephant beetle.

It scored 79 points, and that took the spot away from Grizzly’s 61-point jewel beetle. He rewarded me with a siphon. Interestingly enough, I found (and caught) another elephant beetle just 30 seconds after that chat with Nat!

After that, I made my rounds and spoke with my villagers. Many of them also had the Bug-Off on their minds.

At 6:00, I returned to Nat. He confirmed that my elephant beetle won the competition! He’ll send me my reward (a bug trophy) in the mail.

My bank balance is almost at 56 million, which means I’m right on pace to meet my summer goal. There’s still more bug hunting to do, though! 🙂