Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Jolly Redd sent me my detailed painting in the mail, but Blathers informed me that it was a fake. Disappointing, but at least now I’ll have a picture of what not to buy the next time it comes around. 😛

I ran into Keaton in Able Sisters today, and he said that dressing well is a form of self-care. So he’s trying to get his health insurance to pay for a pleather jumpsuit he’s had his eagle eye on. Yeah, good luck with that.

To my surprise, Rizzo again gave me a DIY recipe for jail bars! Not only was the one who first gave me that recipe, but I used them to trap him several times! You’d think he wouldn’t want to remind me about them again. 😛

Tia was in Nook’s Cranny, looking for a bargain. But I know why she was really there: She wanted that elephant slide! 😀

Saharah was in town, and I got a simple medium brown mat, yellow stripes rug, stadium wall, and circuit-board flooring from her.

I worked on my new area today, but it doesn’t seem to be as big as I thought (and hoped). So I slightly expanded my eastern cliff, and I may expand it further. That may even include the peninsula where I currently have my outdoor bath and lighthouse.

While fishing in the river, I caught my first pike. I later donated it to the museum.

When I went diving, it didn’t take long to find a scallop (and Pascal). In fact, I did it on just my 2nd dive of the day! Pascal gave me some mermaid shoes, and they’re blue. That’s significant because I already had pink mermaid shoes and blue mermaid shoes. That makes this my first duplicate from Pascal, so I’m guessing that means I now have all of his items.

With my daily tasks complete, I was free to do some mystery island hopping. I stocked up on weeds, apples, and coconuts (helpful for moving trees when I work on my new area).

I made six trips in total, landing on three waterfall islands, two spiral islands, and one island that had a weird three-pronged lake (almost shaped like a fidget spinner).

Unfortunately, I did not land on a bamboo island. And that was the main reason I was island hopping in the first place. I’ll try again tomorrow.

I’m still not sure if I’ll be opening for Friday Night Forest this week. Even though I’d like to, I really want to finish up my new area before opening…and I’m not sure if that will happen by Friday. I might have a better idea by tomorrow night.

Yesterday, Label was in town and she wanted me to wear an outfit that looks like it belongs in a fairy tale. As an example, she gave me…a military uniform? That sounds like the opposite of a fairy tale to me!

I put it on, and kept my cavalier hat on as well (which probably helped). When I spoke with Label again, she loved the outfit and gave me some Labelle sneakers.

Later on, I started up the island designer app and removed my pillars. This is what it looked like.

Moments later, I started working on my new project. I have a general idea of what I want to do, but not exactly a specific plan. I’m still experimenting with some things and I may try out several ideas and layouts before I finalize things. So don’t expect a reveal right away; this may take me several days.

By the way, I also removed my small island with the rock-head statue that was north of town hall.

On Isabelle’s “newscast” early this morning, she announced that acorns and pine cones may now fall from trees you shake. She also sent a DIY recipe for a “tree’s bounty little tree.” And for September, Nook Shopping has a new seasonal item called a grape-harvest basket.

Nook’s Cranny also has a new look for the season. Summer is now over in Animal Crossing, and fall/autumn is now underway.

Once I found my first acorn, I knew just what to do with it: I took it up to the cemetery. It will be my new item for the Animal Crossing: Wild World grave, representing the Acorn Festival.

Early this morning, I caught my first monarch butterfly, cricket, and bell cricket. When I played again tonight, I caught my first migratory locust, red dragonfly, salmon, king salmon, and sweet shrimp. So I’ve already donated a good chunk of the new September catches to the museum. Not a bad day.

Crazy Redd was in town, and two of his paintings appeared to be fakes. The other two were ones that I haven’t seen yet in New Horizons. I ended taking a chance on a detailed painting.

Pascal popped up when I found a scallop in the ocean, and he mentioned there is a used-time shop near his place. But honestly, I was more interested in imagining what his place looks like than wondering how a shop could sell used time. 😉

He gave me a pearl in exchange for the scallop.

Have a great day, and I’ll be back with another entry tomorrow! 🙂

Update: Later on, Midge asked about moving out of town…but I told her to stay. Also, I spotted Wisp in town tonight. I collected his spirits for him, and he gave me a blue intricate wall in return.

Able Sisters had all four colors of frog caps today, so I bought the two I still needed (yellow and red). They also had a blue cavalier hat, so I bought that as well…even though it’s not dark blue like the one in City Folk.

When I visited Rizzo, he told me that the Happy Home Academy wasn’t impressed by him.

Don’t feel too bad about that, Rizzo. Nobody is impressed by you. 😛

I made a new Jeff Tybalt design, and I set up my fireworks patterns with Isabelle. This is what I went with for the final fireworks festival of the year:

At about 9:10 tonight, I opened up my gate. Bran, Logan, Alex (from Pawnee), Timo, Maria, and Sacky showed up, and we watched the fireworks for a bit.

I took everyone to the cemetery, and we learned that fish couldn’t be released into the slim pond of water behind the graves. But I learned that I could dive into the ocean from on top of the wall behind the waterfall…but only from the right side.

We went swimming, hung out at the amusement park arcade, and then we jumped on the pillars (for perhaps the last time).

Sacky left without warning, and that seemed to start a revolving door effect a few minutes later. William arrived, TZ arrived, Bran left, and Logan left. We hung out at the plaza and watched the fireworks some more.

TZ and Alex left after a bit, and I ended the session about 11:00. Thanks to everyone who came, it was fun!