Outdoor Spring Cleaning

Louie was still sick with a cold, and fortunately I was able to enter his house today. 😛 He had it so bad that he compared his chills to running a marathon in a blizzard!

Louie: My head hurts, and I've got chills like I just ran a marathon in a blizzard... What's happening to me?
You’re experiencing something called a tropical freeze.

I grabbed some medicine for him out of storage, and he instantly started feeling better. He gave me a relay tank as thanks for the medicine.

K.K. Slider was in town, and I asked him for a random song. But before I sat down to enjoy the music, I moved around some of my Festivale stages so that I could enjoy the lights during the show. K.K. Slider then played K.K. Aria for me (and Rizzo).

K.K. Slider performs as colored lights from Festivale stages shine.

After the show, I finally started organizing some of my Festivale furniture. I put a lot of it into storage, but I did leave out some pieces. I lined up my confetti machines, left the stages in place around the plaza, and kept my Festivale floats in place. It may not be permanent, but it makes this area seem quite festive.

Confetti machines line a path and three Festivale floats are illuminated.

I also used the Festivale garlands as path liners outside of Nook’s Cranny.

But that wasn’t all of the outdoor spring cleaning I did: I completely removed my holiday movie obstacle course. I sold a lot of the stuff, but I put most of the holiday items into storage. The western edge of town is now a blank canvas, awaiting my next obstacle course.

A completely open field on the western edge of the island.

Just a couple more days until we can start ordering Mario items! 🙂 See you all next time!

Hot Dogs in Space

When I checked the seasonal items available through Nook Shopping today, they listed a hinaningyo instead of the blossom lantern. Apparently they will only list one of the two items each day. I’m not sure why, but I’m not a fan of them limiting our options like this. If they only want to sell one per day, they should be sold in the shop, IMO.

Hinaningyo: 2,560 bells.

C.J. was in town today, and he wanted me to catch three big-time fish in a row for his seasports challenge. I caught a black bass, a dab, and an olive flounder to complete the challenge. I sold them to C.J., but I didn’t bother getting any other fish out of storage for him this time.

About 10:08 p.m. (yes, I was running a bit late), I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Ros, Logan, and Timo came over. Logan pointed out that Nook’s Cranny still had their winter decorations up (including the snowman in front) even though the snow is gone. I guess it just didn’t melt yet. 😛

As we were hanging out on my Festivale stages, Ros disconnected… after just about ten minutes in town. 🙁

Timo, Jeff, Logan, and Ros hang out on Festivale stages.

Back in Sudden Valley, I spotted a lost item behind my last snowman. As I picked up the bag, we had another visitor: Locuras came over to visit. It was her first time in Forest, so I started giving her a tour of the island.

As Locuras visited with the Apple Lane residents, I asked Rizzo about the lost item. He said it wasn’t his, but it looked like it might belong to Apollo.

I was surprised to see that we couldn’t enter Louie’s house, because he was sick with a cold! I apparently missed his house on my walk-through earlier in the day. But the sick notice on the door reminded me of my ACCF days!

My bod's sick in bed. Try me some other time. -Louie

At 10:45, Nami came over to visit…threatening to release nine sea bass into the waters around Forest! 😮

I eventually ran into Apollo up on Eagle Mountain, and he gave me a pajama dress for returning his bag.

This was the last opportunity to play my holiday movie obstacle course, so I held one last race. Nami didn’t want to participate, but Locuras, Timo, and Logan competed. Timo and Locuras both missed the magic hat initially, but quickly went back and activated it. But even that slight delay was enough to allow Logan to run away with the win. He didn’t even have to cheat this time! 😉

After the match, Nami started following through on her threat to release sea bass at my beach. Locuras suggested a group photo on the beach, but before we could take it, Ros attempted to rejoin. Unfortunately, we all got disconnected.

I reopened and Nami, Locuras, and Timo returned. Xavier also joined in, but Logan did not return. So we got to take that group photo, just with a slightly different group. 😛

A group photo on the beach.

Nami then showed us how her sleeves automatically roll up when she equips a tool such as a ladder (and instantly return when she puts the tool away).

Nami rolls up her sleeves while holding a ladder.

We went back to my house and hung out there for a while. We showed off fish in the bathroom, and then we went upstairs to my space-themed room. Xavier and Nami turned into hot dogs, and I got my hot dog hood out of storage. I was all out of buns though. I mean, I didn’t have the costume. 😛

The hot dog gang.

After that, I started eating pumpkins for some reason, and everyone started talking about food. 😀 Then we all went swimming and diving, and we seemed to find quite a few good catches. I pooped out my pumpkins, we hung out on Rainbow Road, and then I ended the session at 1 a.m. Thanks to everyone who came, it was a lot of fun! 🙂

Have a great weekend, everyone! And Never Stop Crossing! 🙂

Grass Returns

Yesterday, I found Gullivarrr on the beach. I went diving and retrieved his communicator for him.

Gullivarrr stands up.

Near the plaza, I listened in on a conversation between Bones and Louie. Bones wanted to know how Louie was so charming all the time. Wait…Louie? Charming? Him?

Bones: Man, Louie, how are you so charming all the time?

Louie said he regularly does cheek exercises that give him a clean, refreshing smile. Uh, if you say so. 😛

It was the last day for snow cover on the ground, so I made myself one last snowboy in Sudden Valley. So long, winter!

My last snowboy of the season.

The latest game update arrived last night, but I didn’t play until today. Nintendo sent a letter with a mushroom mural (animated Mario wallpaper) as a thanks for downloading the update. I also received my reward from Gullivarrr, a pirate rug–which looks like a treasure map! Here’s a look at both items.

The mushroom mural and pirate rug in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

A blossom lantern is now available as a seasonal item. Be sure to order it by March 3rd!

The blossom lantern, available until 3/3.

On the daily newscast, Isabelle noted that we can now start harvesting young spring bamboo.

And of course, the snow is now gone! Woohoo! I spotted Celeste up on Eagle Mountain, and she taught me the DIY recipe for a Pisces lamp.

SWEET! I learned

I also checked in on my snowboy. He’s starting to melt, but at least he lived to see spring.

My spring snowboy.

Friday Night Forest is tomorrow! Check back late Friday (or Saturday morning) for the blog entry.