Month: July 2025

I was diving in the ocean on Tuesday, looking for Gullivarrr’s phone. When I found a scallop instead, Pascal popped up. I got this screenshot of both special characters in the background, and I like how it turned out. 🙂

The 2nd Bug-Off of the year was held today (Saturday, July 26th). I started up a round, and I caught a rare Queen Alexandra’s birdwing 40 seconds into the competition. Nice!

I caught 11 bugs (for a total of 13 points), but I felt like I could’ve done better. Mainly because I wasted too much time chasing a darner dragonfly that sent me on a wild goose chase back and forth across the river. 😆 Still, those 11 bugs netted me 10,080 bells.

So I decided to play another round…but I again caught 11 bugs (and scored 13 points). Even though I caught my last bug with 5 seconds on the clock, my net still exploded as time expired. Oof.

I quickly went to shoot down a balloon present that I saw during the timed competition…and then my slingshot blew up too. Oof.

To add insult to injury, the present only contained five pieces of clay. 😛

After crafting some new tools, I went back to Flick. I sold him this batch of 11 bugs for just 4,020 bells this time. But I also redeemed 30 of my 33 points for prizes: a toy centipede, a bug wand, and a toy cockroach.

The Bug-Off was stressing out some of my villagers, especially poor Peanut here.

My two “A” named villagers (Agent S and Ankha) were the only two not outside participating in the event. Ankha told me that she thinks wallpaper is back in style, and I wondered if she meant hieroglyphics. 😛

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• On Tuesday, Static was sick with a cold. I gave him some medicine, and he rewarded me with some full-body tights. That’s kind of a personal gift, but me and him are really tight. 😛
• Gullivarrr sent me a pirate barrel on Wednesday.
• C.J. was in town Wednesday, and I sold him 21 fish for 352,500 bells. 💰💰💰
• On Thursday, I sold 32 bugs to Flick for 231,000 bells. 💰💰

On Monday, I went out to Harv’s Island to get my fortune told. Katrina gave me some bad news, saying that my luck with health will diminish.

I paid the purification fee of 10,000 bells…not to improve my luck, but to get her lucky item in the mail.

Over at the campsite, I found Muffy the sheep camping in town for the 2nd time. She certainly has a unique look, but I did not ask her to move in.

I found Pascal while diving, and he wondered what we may be doing to chase time away. Who knows? Maybe we are. 🕰️

On Tuesday, I received my expected letter from Katrina. She sent me another power stone this time. Cool item, but I already had one.

June was thinking about leaving town, but I got her to stay for just one bell! Or at least that’s how her catchphrase made it sound. 😆

On Thursday, I had another camper in town: Shep the dog! (It was also his 2nd time camping in Forest.)

Even though I like him a lot, I didn’t ask him to move in. Perhaps I should have at least seen who he would have replaced, but oh well. Maybe another time.

Tonight, K.K. Slider was in town and I asked for a random song. He performed “K.K. Marathon” for me and Bones. It’s not the best song, but at least I got to hang out with my dogs.

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• On Sunday, K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Robot Synth” for me and Static.
• Monday, I gave Agent S some medicine for her cold. She gave me a samurai hakama in return.
• I helped out Wisp Thursday, and he rewarded me with an analog kitchen scale. Sounds like a fair trade… I helped his lost spirits find eternal peace, and he helped me weigh spaghetti.
• Today, I returned a lost item to Louie. He thanked me with a camo tee.

Wednesday (July 9th) was Static’s birthday. For his gift, I gave him a throwback race-car bed that I purchased at Nook’s Cranny.

Even though Static attended the birthday of fellow squirrel Agent S last week, Agent S did not return the favor. Instead, Ankha was Static’s other party attendee. And she was giving mixed messages about how much she was enjoying it. 😛

On Thursday, Merengue was talking about moving out of town. But of course, I made her change her mind.

The summer fishing tournament was held today, and I found three of my villagers all huddled up and fishing in the same spot: Ankha, Bob, and Merengue.

Maybe they should space out a bit. Bob told me that it was a great day for fishing, because the water was wet and the sky is up. Classic Bob logic. 😆

I participated in one run of the tourney, and I caught seven fish in the three-minute time limit, including two red snappers.

My seven fish earned me a score of nine points, and I sold the fish for a total of 12,375 bells. I then redeemed ten points for a fish print.

Later on, I found a scallop while diving. Pascal popped up to ask for it, and he told me that getting framed sounds like a good thing.

He gave me a pearl for the scallop.

I listened in on a conversation between my purple friends, Static and Bob. Static asked Bob about his future plans for when he grows up. Bob replied that he dreamed of building a house made out of peach cobbler!

Static wasn’t on board.

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• On Sunday, a sick Bob gave me a jinbei after I gave him some medicine.
• Wisp gave me a purple camo wall after I gathered up his spirits for him.
• On Tuesday, I sold 13 fish to C.J. for 198,000 bells.
• Flick was in town Wednesday, and I sold him 17 bugs for 111,000 bells.
• I helped Gulliver yesterday, and he sent me a veil in the mail.

See you next time!