Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Last Saturday, Sydney the koala was camping at the campsite. I’ ve had her in my GameCube town practically forever, but I don’t particularly feel the need to add her to my New Horizons island.

However, I did opt to play a game with her…and I lost. No prize for me.

The next day, I visited June. She told me she was going to start charging me one bell to relax in her house! 😉

At least it’s affordable. She only charges the bear minimum. 🐻

Forest’s birthday season kept rolling on, with Bones celebrating a birthday on Monday (August 4th). I gave him a smoker that I bought at the shop, and he seemed thrilled!

Bone appétit! Ketchup was also at the party and on the menu.

Over at the Resident Services plaza, I found June, Bob, and Louie setting off some sparklers. 🎇

I ran into Pascal on Tuesday, and he said you need to pick a direction to get ahead in life. Sometimes that’s the hardest part!

After selling some stuff yesterday, my bank account balance reached a new milestone: 120 million bells.

My New Leaf savings balance is still larger (135 million), but New Horizons is slowly catching up. It’ll overtake New Leaf eventually, but it may take another year or more.

Tonight, K.K. Slider was in town and he performed “K.K. Aria” for me and Static.

Here are a few other quick notes about the past week in Forest:

• Last Saturday, Gulliver sent me an alpinist hat.
• K.K. performed “K.K. Sonata” for me, Bob, Louie, Static, and Agent S.
• On Wednesday, I sold 32 bugs to Flick for 243,000 bells.
• Yesterday, Gullivarrr sent me some pirate boots.

I posted my latest New Horizons Moments video earlier today, so I hope you’ll check it out.

Monday (July 27th) was Ketchup’s birthday. I bought her a cube light from Nook’s Cranny, and then I customized it to be red. I wrapped it up, and gave it to her as her birthday present.

She said she wasn’t expecting it, and she said she’d never forget it…but she never said she liked it. Oops. 😆

Louie was also at the party, and he said everyone was in party-flex mode. Whatever that means.

Out in the rain, I had a chat with my buddy Bob. We were standing by a toilet, and Bob said he makes sure that no one sits there.

That’s because it’s reserved for his grandma! Why would he make his grandma sit on a toilet out in the open, possibly in the rain? 😆

When I visited Peanut, she told me she invented a new type of D.I.Y. called ASTDIFM:

I thought she was about to ask me to do something for her, but she didn’t. I left her house quickly, before she could change her mind. 😛

During golden hour on Wednesday, Ankha asked me to catch a miyama stag for her. Fortunately, I already had one in my pockets. I handed it over, and she rewarded me with a snorkel mask. I actually decided to put it on, for no particular reason other than it seemed like a summery thing to wear. 😛

Today, I saw a balloon present flying through the top of a bamboo tree. It was able to pass through as if the tree wasn’t really there.

I shot it down and found a zen light inside.

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. 💰💰