Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, my pumpkin plants yielded another crop. So apparently it’s every two days that more pumpkins grow. Not bad.

It was raining in town, which saved me some time from watering. And Gulliver was in town, washed up on the beach. I dug up the five pieces of his communicator and returned them to him.

Hornsby was sick with a cold, so I gave him some medicine. He thanked me by giving me a biker jacket.

Also, Lopez taught me a recipe for a spooky lantern.

Today, I received my thank-you letter from Gulliver. He sent me the Tower of Pisa as my reward.

I’m glad he sent a furniture item this time, instead of some silly accessory. But I’m not sure how or where to use it, so I’m leaning towards putting it into storage for now.

Leif was in town again today, which makes twice in the first week of October. I bought some more pumpkin starts and some more orange windflower seeds as well.

I bought another spooky arch at Nook’s Cranny, but I’m hoping to get the recipe for this one soon. I plan on replacing my stone arches with spooky arches, so I’ll still need four more.

Hornsby was talking about the Halloween decorations around town, and he wondered if it was ghosts putting them up! No, it’s me!

Lopez taught me a new D.I.Y. recipe for a spooky standing lamp, and I got the recipes for the spooky chair and spooky candy set from balloon presents. Even though I hated using up three pieces of candy so soon, I made the candy set and put it on the table at the amusement park.

Between the entrances of Death Valley and Decay (D.K.) Country, I put a pattern of Wrinkly Kong. She’s a Donkey Kong character, but she’s also a ghost (in later games, at least). So it fits both themes; I can’t resist things that have a double meaning (such as puns).

I cleaned up a lot of the extra flowers that appeared overnight (because of the rain yesterday), and I moved some flowers around. I haven’t updated my dream yet, but I’m going to try to do that tomorrow.

See you next time!

There was a heavy meteor shower in the sky above Forest tonight, and Celeste was in town to watch the shooting stars with me.

She gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a satellite, and I was happy about that. 🛰️

Kicks was also in town, so I stopped by his stand to see what he had. To my surprise, he had something new for October: Impish wings!

Even though they don’t sound like something Kicks would sell, they’re apparently classified as a backpack. I bought the black wings and put them on my back.

Nook’s Cranny had a spooky lantern set for sale, and I bought it…even though I’m not sure where I’ll put it just yet. If you’re not aware, the spooky furniture items are available both from crafting and from the shop. That’s very helpful, and it seems to be a rare thing for furniture in this game. However, they can not be ordered from the catalog.

At Able Sisters, I bought myself an orange football helmet.

Tybalt taught me the recipe for a spooky scarecrow. It only requires three orange pumpkins and four pieces of wood, so that’s not bad.

Later on, I ran into Wisp. However, he didn’t look happy to see me. 😛

I was not expecting to see him tonight, for a couple reasons. For one thing, he was just here last night; so that means he showed up two nights in a row. Also, it’s not very often that you see Celeste and Wisp in town at the same time. I think this is only the 2nd time I’ve seen them both on the same night.

I gathered up his spirits for him, and it wasn’t very hard tonight. Most of them were clumped up together in the same area!

When I took the spirits back to him, he gave me a cute white wall.

See you all next time!

Before I get into what happened today, here’s a very quick wrap-up of what happened yesterday:

• I received my scenic painting in the mail from Jolly Redd, but Blathers informed me that it was a fake.
• Nook’s Cranny had a spooky arch for 18k, and I bought it.
• K.K. Slider performed K.K. March for me.

Okay, on to today. The Happy Home Academy sent me my latest house score: 99,271 points. That’s very close to 100k, so I should be able to easily hit the next milestone next week…especially after I put some spooky furniture in my basement, which I’m working on.

The big news of the day is that my pumpkins are now ripe and ready to be picked! I was very happy to see that each plant yielded three pumpkins, not just one! I was also fortunate that most of my pumpkins were orange ones (the kind needed for crafting).

So I ended up with 21 orange pumpkins, six white ones, and three yellow ones. I still want to grow some green pumpkins too, so I bought two more pumpkin starts and planted them in front of my house.

There was a camper at the campsite, but unlike the last camper, I had no interest in adopting this one. It was Rooney the kangaroo.

Nook’s Cranny had a spooky table for sale today, for 22,000 bells. It’s…well, it’s kinda ugly. But I still bought it, for use in my basement. Unlike most of the spooky items I’ve seen, this one wouldn’t exactly look right outdoors.

The store also had dolls for sale, so I bought a few for something I’ll show a bit later in this entry.

Lopez asked me for a new catchphrase, so I told him to say “if I die.” 😛

You know how I put the spooky standing lamp by Rizzo’s house the other day? Well, I changed my mind about that. Instead, I used my spooky arch, along with a custom sign for Rizzo’s house. 😉

Louie was crafting a spooky fence, and he gave me the D.I.Y. recipe for it. I haven’t crafted it yet, though.

On the beach, Tia the tea pot elephant gave me a free tea set. Over in Sudden Death Valley, I removed GOB’s magic stand to put in a small new attraction using the tea set and the dolls I bought earlier. This scene works out perfectly, because it recreates an Arrested Development scene, but the dolls are creepy, so it works as a Halloween thing as well.

I crafted a spooky tower and a spooky lantern set, and I used them to start transforming Peach Park into Pumpkin Park. I’m not done with it yet, but I already like it. 🎃

As you can see in that screenshot, Wisp was in town tonight. I collected his spirits for him, and he gave me a stately wall in return.

Shortly after talking Apple out of moving, I wrapped up my game for the night. But I’m feeling good about my Halloween decorations so far, and there are more to come. 🙂

Note: The latest changes to my island haven’t been updated to the dream version of Forest yet, but I’ll update my dream at some point this week.

This weekend, I posted two new ACCF videos: The Best of City Folk Moments, and then a new episode, City Folk Moments #11. Please check them out if you’re an ACCF fan, or if you just want some new Animal Crossing content to watch. Have a great day, and I’ll see you all next time! 🙂