Jumping Change?

I found just three star fragments on the beach today. But there was another meteor shower tonight, so I wished on a bunch more shooting stars.

Apple informed me that she played single-player hide-and-seek, and she won! Well, I would sure hope so. 😛 But this is the 2nd day in a row that a villager has mentioned hide-and-seek. Could this be a hint that hide-and-seek is coming in a future update?

Apple: Guess what! I was playing single-player hide-and-seek, and I won! I am so bored.

After I caught a spider from a tree, Keaton saw it and really wanted it!

Keaton: Whoa, whoa, whoa... You have a spider on you right now?
AHHHH, GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF!

He offered me a mesh cap for it. Getting anything at all for a spider is a good deal, so I agreed to the trade.

Redd was in town, and I checked out his works of art. One of them was clearly fake, and another looked just like a fake one that I bought before. I wasn’t sure about the other two, but I took a chance and bought a jolly painting from Jolly Redd. I’ll find out tomorrow if it’s real or not.

Redd: My offer's still good, y'know. For only 4,980 bells, this magnificent jolly painting is yours!

Near my jumping pillars, I noticed something odd. I have one space of land in the water that allows me to hop across the river (at ground level). But when moving from east to west, I could previously jump to two possible places: north of the pillar, or south of it.

The two ways I could previously jump.

But today, I could not jump to the southernmost spot! I’m not sure if this is a temporary glitch, or if last week’s update changed the jumping mechanics. Anyone encounter something similar?

Agent S taught me to make a log stool, which seems like such a basic recipe that it feels like I should have learned it months ago. 😛 But I made a couple of them for my campground area; they fit in with the log stools better than the stone stools I was using.

I have a new path that goes by Spectacle Rock, and I was surprised to see Tia up there today. I don’t normally see any villagers in that area, but maybe they can sense the new path somehow? 😛 Of course the new bridge probably helped too, but my villagers typically avoid the cliffs (except for Keaton, who lives on one).

Midge told me that she accidentally bought an extra swimming cap. So she wanted to trade it for my great white shark!

Midge: Do you think I could trade you for your great white shark?

I agreed to it, just to be nice. But why is it always Midge that wants to do these super lopsided trades? (Last month, she gave me some glasses for my scorpion).

Have a good day!