Spring Has Sprung

Winter is over in the world of Animal Crossing. The snow has melted and grass is green once again.

Green grass in town, as shown near my fountain.I started to water my flowers and I saw Saharah. Today she was looking for old wallpaper.

Saharah: I came from far away. I wish to trade wallpaper. It is for wallpaper that I came to your town today.In the Able Sisters’ shop, I decided to put my chocolate pattern into my pattern storage. I also put it on display in case any visitors want it.

The chocolate pattern among others on display in Able Sisters.I saw Anabelle was enjoying coffee at The Roost. So I couldn’t ask her for old wallpaper.

Anabelle, at the Roost: That's it! My days of eating at the kiddy table are over!I asked my other eight villagers though, but I wasn’t getting much help.

Peggy: Oh, bummer! I totally had old wallpaper yesterday, but I traded it for a pair of slippers!Del was the only animal who had an old wallpaper for me. But I did have two of them in storage, so I had the three required for a rare wallpaper. Once I tracked down Saharah again, she gave me the meadow vista. Unfortunately, it’s not one that I needed.

The meadow vista wallpaper, on display in my creepy furniture room.Happy spring, everyone!

The Sudden Disappearance of Amelia

I got a letter in the mail from Amelia. She moved out today, without warning. She was my third least-favorite villager, so I don’t have a problem with that.

To: Jeff, I wonder where I'll be when you get this letter? Well, I know I won't be in Forest, because I've moved away. Thanks for everything. And take care! -AmeliaAs for the snow on the ground, today is its swan song. It will be gone as of tomorrow.

While talking to Rowan near my house, I witnessed something strange. Do you see the dirt patch on the left in the following picture?

Rowan: I had to get EXTREME just to get noticed! No yolk!That dirt patch is actually Del’s house. As I was talking to Rowan, Del came out of his house…which was invisible to me from that perspective. So Del just appeared out of thin air. It looked pretty funny; too bad I wasn’t recording a video.

I went into the Able Sisters’ shop and they had a grape hat for sale. Mabel said it would scream “grape!” I’m not so sure that screaming “GRAPE!” is a good idea…

Mabel: With matching clothes, that look will SCREAM "grape!" Beautiful!I watered my flowers and then made my way back to town hall. I deposited some money in the bank, and my balance reached 18 million bells.

Your current balance is 18,000,000 bells.

M-m-mustard!

I hadn’t checked in on my Bananas town in a few days, so I fired it up tonight. I got the money rock, got two fossils identified, and filled up my pockets with fruit. But right before I got to Nook’s, the clock struck 9:00 and Nookington’s closed. Ugh. I can’t wait until I can change it back to Nook ‘n’ Go.

Since I couldn’t sell anything, I just shook all the fruit trees and ended my game. Even though I can’t sell the fruit today, shaking them off the tree means the fruit will grow back sooner. If I waited until tomorrow to shake them off, that be one extra day until they produced a new batch.

Anyway, I later started up my main town of Forest. It was snowing, so I didn’t need to water my flowers.

Shortly after 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Yann and Megan came over to visit. Ryan was trying to visit too, but he wasn’t able to connect. Anyway, Megan told me that she now has Coco (the gyroidic rabbit) in her town. I responded that I had cocoa in my town (my chocolate path patterns).

Megan: I have Coco in my town. Jeff: Well, I have cocoa.We hung out in Bob’s house for a while. At 11:00, the show changed from weather to a game show.

Jeff: THIS. IS. JEFFARDY!We started making jokes about the game show. One of the contestants seems to be saying “m-m-mustard,” so I wondered if the question had been “What goes good on a hot dog?” But “m-m-mustard” is actually an incorrect response. Maybe he just forgot to say it in the form of a question.

Jeff: M-m-mustard!We did some fishing and we tried to find a goldfish for Megan. A while ago, she caught one in Forest, only to find her pockets were full and there was no space to swap out an item. So she had to let it go. That’s why she needed another one to donate to her museum. And she finally got one tonight, so congratulations to Meg!

At one point, I saw Avery using his greeting, “I can’t fly!” His next sentence was “It’s pretty icy out,” which gives a logical reason to why he can’t fly. I think I’m over-explaining. Anyway, I took a picture, but it wouldn’t let me save it for some reason. But fortunately, I was recording a video, so I was able to snag a frame from the video.

Avery: I can't fly!! It's pretty icy out. Watch your step, gimme food!Later on, we all showed off our super rare fish! It’s so rare you probably haven’t heard of it. It’s called a sea bass. I’m sure you’re quite jealous of these rare catches!

Megan, Jeff, and Yann each holding up a "rare" sea bass.We ended up playing until about 2:40 and I had a good time. See you next time!