Custom Design Sign

Last night, I went to visit Bob. I was surprised to find Big Top was there as well.

Bob: Glad you came to visit, jeff! Big Top is here too, so my place is party central! Pthhpth!Big Top just wanted to use Bob’s sofa to take a nap on. It’s hard to imagine an elephant sitting on a cat’s sofa without breaking it.

Big Top: I'm super jealous of Bob. He's got a giant sofa I bet is perfect for naps!When I put some money into my bank account, my balance topped 73 million bells.

Your current balance is 73,040,000 bells.After a quick stop at Beth’s towns of Otaku and Arrested, I returned home and decided to put in a new PWP (public works project). But it’s not the geyser you might have been expecting; I still haven’t picked out a spot for that just yet. Instead, I decided to put in a custom-design sign. It only costs 40,000 bells, so I paid it off on the spot.

I put it near my bulletin board, so that visitors will see it soon after getting off the train. I can put seasonal/holidays designs up depending on the time of year, use a sports team logo, or even make a sign welcoming my visitors. For now, I put the Cavs’ CLE design.

My new custom-design sign.I then went to town hall to trigger the completion ceremony. Yay!

The completion ceremony for the custom-design sign.Believe it or not, it’s been a year and a half since I put in a new PWP! The last one was my Sphinx back in November 2014.

When I was at town hall, I also took an updated picture of my town map. It’s been a while since I’ve updated the map on my town page, so here is the up-to-date map that includes the houses of Hamlet, Bob, and Julian.

Forest town map as of June 24, 2016.

Hamlet noticed I had an empty letter slot, so he asked me to bury a time capsule for him. I put it in the northwest corner of town, as I usually do.

Hamlet: Hey, bucko! Go bury my time capsule for me!
Don’t boss me around or I’ll bury YOU.

Julian asked me to make a delivery to Rolf…because he was too shy to do it himself. Julian shy? I never pictured him as the shy type.

Julian: Why? Because I'm shy! Can't you tell, Jeff?I took the item (a metal guitar) to Rolf, and he rewarded me with djimbe drum. It was a music-for-music exchange. At least he didn’t give me beans, beans, the musical fruit…

Rolf later told me he was going to move out of town on June 29th, but of course I made him change his mind.

My recent dream visitors have been Philip from Alamo and Soph from Octavia. Thanks for stopping by, and have a good weekend! I hope to have my New Leaf slideshow (for my 3rd year with the game) up by Sunday or Monday, so stay tuned for that!

Summer Solstice

Today is the summer solstice–the longest day of the year. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the daylight lasts all day (and night) long!

Isabelle: Hello, Mayor! Today is the Summer Solstice, so don't expect to see the moon at all tonight!
Video game logic.

More than anything else, the presence of fireflies really showcases how odd the night sun really is. The fireflies just seem so out of place.

Catching a firefly in broad daylight.

I made a trip to Arrested, where Michael/Beth and I used the special standee to stick our faces through a flower and the sun.

Michael and Jeff using the face-cutout standee for the summer solstice.Arrested resident RenΓ©e asked me why I was visiting another town in the middle of the night.

Renee: Jeff?! Who visits another town in the middle of the night...? Apparently you do, yo yo yo!
Why not? The daylight isn’t suspicious.

When I returned to Forest, Agent S told me how much she loved my eel. She must have seen the outline of it wriggling around in my pockets and thought “I want that!” She gave me 2,000 bells for it.

Agent S: Woohoo! I totally love your eel. What's your price?After picking up my ladder shades from Isabelle at the event plaza, I realized I didn’t mention where Julian moved in last time. He lives next to Hamlet in the southern part of town. This area was never very populated when Peck lived here. Coincidence? I think not.

The houses of Bob, Hamlet, and Julian.
Bob’s house (left), Hamlet’s house (center), and Julian’s house (right).

Speaking of Julian, I had a medieval chat with him tonight.

Julian: Good eventide, Jeff! Finding the Summer Solstice to your liking, milord?Julian: ...OK, enough of that. I indulge in a little medieval talk once a year. Just to get it out of my system.Aurora told me she was going to move away on June 26th, but I quickly changed her mind for her.

Up at Able Sisters, I made a new Cavs pattern: It’s the CLE design from their “blackout” T-shirts.

Cavs CLE Blackout design QR code.

My most recent dream visitor was Marie from Dragolin. Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you next time!

Calves and Cavs

The Bug-Off competition was held on Saturday, but I didn’t play in time to participate…or even attend the ceremony. So the ceremony was cancelled. Sorry, Bob.

Bob: The awards ceremony got canceled. That's too bad, but I guess everyone was just too busy.Over by town hall, Hamlet complimented me on my calves…as my Cavs flag was visible in the corner of the picture I took.

Hamlet: Whoa! Those calves of yours are really shaping up! You've been training hard, haven't you?
Calves or Cavs?

Yesterday, I found a new house plot in town. And today, I went in to greet my newest neighbor, Julian the unicorn. He moved in from Key West, which is Mike’s town. I bet Mike didn’t realize Julian was a stowaway on the train he rode into Forest on Friday night.

Julian: My name is Julian! I actually just moved from Key West today, glitter.It’s Father’s Day, and I got a letter from Mom about the occasion. She also sent some red carnations with the letter.

Jeff, If things get tough, you can always come home. Your dad's too old fashioned to say it himself. It's Father's Day! -MomI picked up some New Leaf StreetPass hits today…six of them, in fact. It’s quite rare for me to get this many at once!

Digby: Some home construction has also recently taken place, so be sure to go have a look!Copper told me Phineas was in town, and that is always exciting news. I was wondering if I had finally earned the bug-catching or the fish-catching badge. Or maybe even both? But it wasn’t either of those. Instead, I earned the StreetPass Expert badge. Even though the word expert sounds like it must be a gold medal, it’s actually the silver one.

I got the StreetPass Expert badge! I'd like to thank all of the people I've tagged up until now!Apparently, that means I’ve had 300 New Leaf StreetPass tags, and I would need 700 more (a total of 1,000) for the gold one. Considering it’s taken me three years to reach 300, it’s quite likely that I will never receive the gold. But I’m okay with that.

Here’s an updated look at my badges. I now have at least silver for each one!

My badge collection as of June 19, 2016.

Tonight, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship! πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ So I added a trophy to my Cavs room. I used the HHA trophy as opposed to the fish or bug trophy. A fish and a bug don’t seem to fit the occasion as much as the HHA house. Why? Because the house represents a home. My hometown. Cleveland. The Forest City.

My Cleveland Cavaliers championship room in ACNL.
Congrats, Cavs!

My recent dream visitors have been Ellie from St. Annes, Claire from Chepstow, and Muriel from Brixham.

Thank you for visiting, and have a wonderful night.