Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, I found Gullivarrr passed out on the beach. When I woke him up, he told me he dreamed about pirate battles.

I went diving for his communicator and found it on my 4th attempt.

Bones was also on the beach, and he was thinking about moving out of town. I made him reconsider.

Phoebe the ostrich phoenix was camping at the campsite, and she’s pretty cool. If I had an opening in town, I might consider taking her. But I wasn’t willing to force anyone out for her.

Eloise asked me to play a treasure hunt game, and I was up to the challenge. She gave me six minutes to find the buried item, but I only needed a bit more than two minutes. It was near the arches.

I returned the item to her and she opened it up for me. Some oval glasses were inside. These treasure hunt games are rare enough that they should really reward us with furniture, not accessories.

Today, I received my reward from Gullivarrr: It was another pirate beard.

When I visited Hornsby, he told me what he wanted to do with his life: He’s going to be a superhero! But not just any superhero, he’s going to be Bagel Boy Jr.!

Celeste was in town tonight, and she taught me a DIY recipe for an astronaut suit!

It’s actually a furniture item, not clothing. So I made one and put it in my space room upstairs.

Jolly Redd was in town today, but the only real work of art he had was a flowery painting (which I already have in the museum). But I still bought one to give as another future prize. I also bought Redd’s throwback rocket and beach chair, because he had color variations I didn’t already have in my catalog.

I met some more Nook Miles+ goals just for fun; I still enjoy earning Nook Miles even though I have over a million, and I rarely spend any. 😛

No Friday Night Forest this week, but I’ll be back with another entry soon.

A new seasonal item, the Phrygian cap, is now available through Nook Shopping. It’s for the French National Day, le 14 juillet (the 14th of July), also known as Bastille Day. It comes in multiple colors and only costs 880 bells, so check your catalog now through July 20th.

It is curious that the French national day is now recognized with an item, while national days of other countries (such as the United States’ Independence Day or Canada Day) are not. Well, there’s always next year, I suppose. 😛

I was holding a bug net when I spoke with Agent S, and she said she was excited for me, and she called me the bug catcher of the year! I’d like to think this was because I recently completed my bug collection, but I’m not sure if that’s true.

K.K. Slider was in town, and I asked him for a random song. He played K.K. Bazaar for me, Midge, Tybalt, and Hornsby.

Today, Label was in town. She wanted to see me in a comfy outfit.

She gave me a humble sweater as an example of what to shoot for. I put it on and spoke to her again…but that wasn’t enough to earn a proper reward from her. I should have gone home and picked up a good hat or accessory to add to my outfit; I think that would helped my chances quite a bit.

The game reminded me that the summer fishing tournament was held today, with C.J. as the host/judge.

I was a bit short on time in the afternoon, but I squeezed in three runs. I scored 6 points, 9 points, and 8 points.

C.J. informed me that I had 25 points in my pool, so I redeemed some of them for two items: a fish umbrella and a fish wand.

When I checked my mail later, I found an alpinist hat from Gulliver. I stuck it in storage without even checking the color.

I listened in on a conversation between Tia and Agent S tonight. Agent S was trying to decide on a gift to give Bones. She asked me how she should decide on a gift for him, and I suggested the “secretive research” response. Since she’s a spy, I figured she would like that option. 😉

Hornsby told me about a game that he plays every night before bed. It’s called playing astronaut, and this is how it’s played:

Hornsby is so crazy. 😂😂 He said his grandpa taught him the game, but it sounds like grandpa was just trying to get little Hornsby to go to bed. “Here, let’s play a game. I’ll put this bucket on your head and you go to sleep.” 😛

Due to the fishing tournament, K.K. Slider was not in town tonight. I’ll have to check for him tomorrow night.

I posted a new video today, with yearbook-style superlative awards. I reveal my choices for best and worst new feature introduced in New Horizons, best and worst new special character, and things like the laziest, cutest, most improved special characters, and so on.

See you all next time!