Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Tia asked about moving out of town yesterday, but I tied her trunk to town hall. 😉 She’s not going anywhere! 😛

Crazy Redd was in town, so I boarded his ship to see what art he had. The serene painting looked real, but I already have that one in the museum. I believe the other three works of art were fake, but I took a chance on a mystic statue.

I shot down a balloon present that contained 30,000 bells! Wow!

I spent some crafting to replenish my supply of pitfall seeds, and I now have 55 of them. The bad news is that I can’t craft many more. Even though I still have over 2,000 tree branches in storage, I only have about 20 clumps of weeds remaining. So the next time I do this, I’ll have to visit some mystery islands to stock up on weeds first.

Today, Redd sent me the mystic statue in the mail. Blathers confirmed what I suspected: it’s a fake. I just put it in storage for now.

Flick was in town, so I grabbed a bunch of bugs out of storage for him. He gave me 145k for them all.

I later sold him an additional 70k worth of bugs that I caught today.

I did some diving in the ocean, filling up my pockets twice and then finally finding a scallop. Pascal popped up and told me he’s not made of DNA, he’s made of OTTE and R. Pascal isn’t always as deep as he thinks he is.

He gave me a pearl in exchange for the scallop.

After I spent way too much time grinding for Nook Miles+ goals, I decided to work on the next new attraction in Forest. I did some crafting, I made some patterns, I got some items out of storage, and I ordered something. But I also removed Spectacle Rock, because this is where the new addition is going.

Even though I liked having the Zelda reference in town, it admittedly was a bit plain. A “rock” formation is never going to be the most exciting thing to have in a town. 😛 And few, if any, people would even know what it was if they hadn’t seen me explain it in the blog or a video. But still, Spectacle Rock will live on in my first island tour video.

The new attraction is almost finished already. I’ll need to move a couple of patterns around tomorrow once Able Sisters is open, and it’ll just take me a couple minutes to put the finishing touches on it. So I plan on revealing it in the blog tomorrow. Tybalt’s birthday is also tomorrow, so I hope to see you then!

Have a great day! Never Stop Crossing! 🙂

I received a letter from the Happy Home Academy today, informing me that my house scored 75,882 points. For topping 70,000 points, they sent me a bronze HHA trophy. I put it in my exercise room for now.

The third fireworks festival was underway at the plaza, and Isabelle gave me a star bopper. This is probably my favorite of the boppers. Several villagers were hanging out there, and Keaton used the boom of the fireworks as cover to tell me that he’s actually shy. 😛

I scoured the beach and found nine star fragments and one large star fragment. My fragment collection is growing nicely, but I really wish Celeste showed up more often to give me recipes!

Rizzo was standing next to the daily glowing spot. So when I dug up the bells, I buried a pitfall seed in that spot. Rizzo walked away, but it didn’t take long until Lopez walked into it instead.

I went diving in the ocean just long enough to fill up my pockets. I didn’t encounter a scallop, so I just called off the search for the day. It starts to feel like I’m wasting my time if it takes longer than ten minutes. Pascal’s rewards aren’t usually that great, and it’s not like he’s a rare visitor. I’ll find him another time.

After dumping most of my catches in the drop box at Nook’s Cranny, I re-filled my pockets by spending some bells at Redd’s raffle. I got a few handheld fireworks that I’ll save for another day.

As for the big fireworks show going on, I sat on a bench for a while to enjoy the sights and sounds.

I didn’t open my gate tonight, but I plan to do it at least once more on a fireworks night. I may wait until the 30th (two weeks from today), but I’m not sure yet.

Regardless, I did post a new video today, Wi-Fi Moments #10. I hope you enjoy it!

See you next time!

I was very pleased after opening Gulliver’s letter today. He finally sent me another piece of furniture, and a good one at that: a Moai statue…also known as an Easter Island head. Very cool! Gulliver finally got his head in the game. 🗿

I found ten star fragments and two Leo fragments on the beach today. Not bad, considering I only wished on about three stars last night!

I caught my first brown cicada today. And just a few seconds later, I caught my first grasshopper! That’s two new catches for the museum.

Near Nook’s Cranny, I noticed that someone from last night apparently planted a pink cosmos. Maybe their pockets were full after catching a bug, I don’t know. But whoever it was, let me know soon if you want it back.

Diana the deer was camping out at the campsite today. She’s fairly cute, but she’s also a snooty. So I did not invite her into town. (There aren’t many snooties I would willingly invite into town).

I updated my dream this afternoon, although not a whole lot has changed since the last update. But you can look out for a new “frog race” design on the ground near the start of the frog race. I may not keep it there long though, because I need design spots for something else I have planned.

Later on, I went over to the plaza to check out a song from K.K. Slider. He played Comrade K.K. for me…and for nobody else.

After the show, I went diving for a scallop. It only took me three dives to find one. Pascal showed up, and he told me he knew a bull that ran a successful china shop. 😛

Pascal gave me a mermaid fishy dress in exchange for the scallop. Why does Pascal have a mermaid fishy dress? Did he take it from a mermaid? Why? I have so many questions. 😉

There was another meteor shower tonight, so I wished on a number of shooting stars. I also decided on a spot for my Moai statue, on the western beach (for now, at least).

Have a good night, everyone. The next video should be up tomorrow morning.