10th Towniversary

Tuesday (May 2nd) was my town’s anniversary, and Isabelle kidnapped me!

Isabelle: It's just that, well, there's another exciting milestone to celebrate...

She dragged me over to the plaza for an anniversary event. Porter, Jeremiah, and Hornsby were also there. Happy 10th birthday, Forest! 🙂

Isabelle: Exactly 10 years ago today, Jeff arrived in Forest.

If you’d like to look back at that first day, here is that blog entry.

On Wednesday, Cherry asked me to bury a time capsule for her.

Cherry: Will you bury a time capsule for me?

I’ll try not to dig this one up early. 😉 I even put a pattern on the ground next to the spot, to remind me not to dig there. 😛

Cube was talking about how the Sphinx was always sitting in the same position.

Cube: The sphinx is always sitting in that position. I wonder if its feet ever fall asleep?
Is this a riddle?

He said it should get up and move around to get its blood flowing. I think it has sand for blood. 😛

Cube: It should really move around and get the blood flowing, on Toy Day.
You know you’d be terrified if that actually happened.

Yesterday, Inkwell said that he could probably fit four people on his sloppy sofa…even if we’d be squeezed in like sardines in a can.

Inkwell: It mgiht be fun to pretend like we were sardines packed in a can! In the sea!

Today, I made a penguin-to-penguin delivery from Cube to Aurora. She rewarded me by giving me her photo (it’s obviously not the first time, since she’s been here ten years now). 😉

Aurora: It's Aurora's pic!

Jeremiah asked me for a butterfly, so I grabbed an emperor penguin butterfly out of my dock box. He thanked me and rewarded me with an upright vacuum. I later gave that vacuum to Aurora when she asked me for some furniture. Guess what she gave me in return? Her photo again! Twice in one day!!!

Aurora: Here's my Aurora's pic! Thank you so much for helping me!

Meanwhile, I’ve been waiting forever for pictures from Inkwell, Cube, Cherry, and Jeremiah. Especially Inkwell and Cube, who moved here in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Oof.

On a brighter note, cute little Molly asked me to join her on the metal bench tonight. She’s so adorable.

Molly and Jeff sit on a bench together.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors included Mikey from Mushroom and Moki from Okayama. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

Weeding Day 2023

On Tuesday, Jeremiah told me that he loves seafood…but he would never eat his pet turtle. I wouldn’t expect a frog to like seafood in the first place.

Jeremiah: So even though I DO love seafood, I would NEVER eat my pal soft-shelled turtle!

A bit later, a bank deposit resulted in my account balance reaching 125 million bells.

Your current balance is 125,000,000 bells.

On Wednesday, Cherry asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek. I agreed, and she gave me 15 minutes to find her, Cube, and Hornsby. It took me less than three minutes to find them all: Hornsby was near the video screen, Cube was behind Jeremiah’s house, and Cherry hid behind Rolf’s house.

Cherry: Oh no! Aww, you found me!

She rewarded me with a breaker for winning the game.

Today is the last Friday of April, which means that it’s Weeding Day. I found Leif at the event plaza.

Leif: Once again, we'll be pulling weeds and making the town look happy!

Since I didn’t have any weeds that needed pulling, he just rewarded me with another violet screen as the Town Cleanup Prize. Meanwhile, the gardening corner at T&T Emporium sat empty for the day.

The empty gardening corner in the Nooklings' shop.

My villagers were also talking about Weeding Day, saying they’re going to help out. 😛

Inkwell: Yup! I'm gonna pull weeds whenever I see 'em, in the sea!

But I wonder if Cherry was a bit confused…

Cherry: I don't totally hate the smell of weeds. I actually find it calming.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors included Tobias from Pinevale and Zuko from Pokyo. Thanks for stopping by!

3-Year Time Capsule

Late on April 10th, I managed to snap a photo of the early-April pink trees (and falling cherry blossom petals) before they disappeared hours later.

The pink trees of early April in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

On Monday, Cherry was visiting Inkwell at the same time that I was. I chatted with both of them until they were sick of me. They both had their thought bubbles above their heads at the same time. Wow, they must’ve really hated me. 😆

Inkwell and Cherry, both sick of talking to me.

On Tuesday, Rolf asked me to bury a time capsule for him. I did, but unfortunately, my battery later died before I could save the game. So it’s like that (or anything else I did in that session) never happened. Oops.

But that made me decide to do something else I’ve been putting off for years: I gave Aurora back her time capsule that I accidentally dug up too early back in 2020!. She never asked for it back! But she was happy to have it in her possession again, and she gave me the li’l bro’s tee that was inside.

Aurora: Wow! You found it for me?! You know, I was just thinking it was about time to dig that thing up.
We both know that’s a lie.

Yesterday, Eunice the sheep was camping at the campsite. She’s nice (it’s in her name!), but I wasn’t interested in adopting her. And of course, my town is full anyway.

Eunice: Hello. I hope it's all right that I've decided to camp here. You have a lovely town.

Gulliver was in town, and he was talking about flamenco dancers and matadors. He was headed to Spain.

Gulliver: You've also got the dangerous and exciting birthplace of matadors. Such daring and bravery!

Today, he sent me a Gaudi’s lizard in the mail. Boots immediately wanted it, and he asked me to trade it for a dawn tank. He threatened to bite me, so I didn’t have much choice in the matter. 😉

Boots: Please trade me for my dawn tank! And I bite?

I found a lost item on the ground, and I returned to it to Cube. He said that he has been keeping his cheesecake in it! He then gave me an editor’s desk to thank me for returning the bag. But he didn’t even offer me a piece of the cheesecake! 😉

Cube: Whoa! I was looking forever for this!

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Jacob from Lotus, Jude from Judeland, and Leo from Gameston. Thanks for stopping by!