Town Anniversary & Sapling Clock

As I started up the game today, Isabelle met me outside of my house. Today is my town anniversary, so Isabelle had something planned for the occasion.

Isabelle: I've been trying to figure out the best way to express my gratitude for all your service to Forest...So she said she got all the town residents to gather at the town tree. But…wait a minute. Molly, Vivian, and one of the Nooklings? That’s all who showed up?

Isabelle: Ahem... Mayor Jeff, fellow citizens... Thank you all for gathering here today!She thanked me for my four years of service as mayor, and she reminisced about that first day.

Isabelle: I still remember it like it was yesterday...meeting at the train station, planting the seedling...Isabelle: I guess time flies when you're diligently navigating bureaucratic red tape...a.k.a. having fun!Then she told everyone to bring IT out.

Isabelle: All right, everyone. It's time to bring IT out. You know what I'm talking about...
Uh-oh.

Fortunately, she was just talking about party poppers. 😛

Everyone fires party poppers at the town anniversary party.She gave me a special ceremonial gift and then the ceremony came to a close.

I still can't believe it--4 years since your inauguration... What a ride it's been!The gift was a sapling clock, so I took it home and put it in my house. I’ve updated my dream address, so you can see the tree “in person” if you go to dream address 5D00-000F-7611.

The sapling clock that I received from Isabelle on my town anniversary.The sapling clock, and the town anniversary ceremony itself, are new additions that were included with last November’s Welcome Amiibo update. If you haven’t had your ceremony yet, be sure to play on your town’s anniversary date!

As for other things going on in town lately, Lily gave me three cheers for our friendship. 😛

Lily: Three cheers for our friendship, Jeff! On my pad! On my pad! On my pad!I was snooping in Vivian’s house, and she warned me not to look in her Gracie chest. So that made me curious, and of course, I just had to look.

Vivian: In a lake! Get out of there! That's where I keep my... satellite?
Don’t mind my eye. I, uh, walked into a doorknob.

Vivian then realized the satellite isn’t what she thought was in the chest, so she let me have it.

I got a satellite!

My recent dream visitors have been Jess from Yanwath, Abigail from Meowburg, Shamima from Candy, and Lee Lee from Candy. Thanks for stopping by!

Weeding Day 2017

Yesterday, carpeting was the premium item at Re-Tail. So I checked my storage and found four leftover special carpets to sell, from the ice, Pavé, and egg sets.

Reese: Since I'm paying premium for all of these items today...the total is an amazing 56,928 bells! OK?Today was Weeding Day, so I made sure to visit Leif at the event plaza before 7 p.m.

Leif: It's the last Friday of April...and that means it's Weeding Day!Believe it or not, this was my first time pulling weeds for Leif! For the first Weeding Day (in 2014), my town was clean and I just participated to unlock the topiaries. In 2015 and 2016, I missed Leif entirely! But I caught him this time.

Leif told me to pull the weeds in town and then return to him. After pulling one, I checked back and he told me I had 11 more to go.

Leif: Ummm, the number of nasty weeds remaining in this otherwise beautiful town is...exactly 11!
This town goes to 11.

So, I went around town and picked all the remaining weeds. Leif then congratulated me on a job well done.

Leif: Ah, Jeff! Congratulations! There are now no more weeds left anywhere in town! We did it!
We?

He rewarded me with a “town cleanup prize,” which was a cosmos fan. Leif claimed to have made it himself, by hand, but I think he was just clowning around.

Leif: The cosmos fan! Handmade, I should add, by yours truly! I hope you like it.
Great, now it’s all mime! I mean, mine!

Here’s a look at the cosmos fan in my house:

The cosmos fan from Weeding Day, on display in my house.
Is this electric, or does it run on flower power?

And up at the Emporium, I saw that the gardening center was closed for the day. That’s because Leif can’t be in two places at the same time. 😛

The gardening corner is closed today due to an event! -LeifAnd just before 7:00, I used my Booker character to speak with Leif at the plaza. Leif said that Forest was already clean and weed-free, but he still gave Booker a gift: a lily record player.

Leif: The lily record player!
So this will play Lily’s records?

Later on, I got a letter in the mail from Leif. He sent me a stool fertilizer sample.

Enjoy your fertilizer sample! This new fertilizer is a real game changer. It does more than give flowers and fruit a nutrient boost--it can put the color back into dried-out trees. here, try this sample! -From LeifMy recent dream visitors have been Ian from Somerset and Chris from Windburg. Thanks for stopping by, and have a good weekend! I hope you all had a successful Weeding Day!

Booker’s Full Mailbox

Saturday was Nature Day (aka Earth Day), and I met Isabelle at the event plaza. She gave me a cool globe, and then I helped hug the world along with this headless girl.

The face-cutout standee board for Nature Day (Earth Day) in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.Today, I was surprised to find Pete outside of my house!

Pete: Oh, great timing, Jeff!For a moment, I wondered if there was some new DLC. But it turns out, he was just letting me know that Booker’s mailbox was full. Disappointing. 😛

Pete: I have a bunch of letters addressed to Booker, but Booker's mailbox is full!Booker is my seldom-used second character, in case you’re wondering. He moved into Forest two years ago, and I primarily use him for storage.

I made my way around town, and I soon ran into Rodeo. He asked me for some fruit, and I gave him a perfect orange. He loved it, and he rewarded me with his picture!

Rodeo: I'm moved beyond words! Take my Rodeo's pic as an expression of my thanks!Even though I already got Rodeo’s pic on April Fools’ Day, I now feel like I’ve earned it legitimately. Not that April Fools’ pics aren’t legitimate, but it’s not the same as earning it the hard way, in my opinion. So I’ll probably let Rodeo move out of town the next time he asks.

Molly reminded me that Weeding Day was coming up, and she told me not to pick any weeds I see in the meantime. Fortunately, I’ve been remembering, so I will have a number of weeds by the time Friday comes.

Molly: It's almost Weeding Day! Since we have a special day for it, leave any weeds you see alone for now.Once I was finished playing, I saved my game…and then started it back up as Booker. His mailbox was going crazy, so I cleaned it out and sold all the presents I got in the mail (mostly gifts from Mom).

My Booker character and his full mailbox.

My recent dream visitors have been Emeli from Berk, Jenna from Idris, Phoenix from Redville, and Soleil from Serene. Thanks for stopping by!

Just one reminder: Weeding Day is coming up on Friday (at least in America), so if you’re planning on participating, get to the plaza before 7 p.m.! Don’t make the same mistake I did in 2015, playing too late in the day to find Leif!