Jeff's New Leaf Blog

I got the valiant statue in the mail from Crazy Redd today, but when I took it to the museum, Blathers informed me that it’s a fake!

Today was Naughty or Nice day in European/Australian versions of the game. I didn’t get to attend the festival, but my friend Skye (the human, not the wolf) gave me her holiday stocking from the event. Thanks, Skye!

Soon after that, I had a problem trying to take a photo. I got the dreaded “the photo limit has been reached” error message again. So I stopped playing until I was able to move my pictures over onto my computer. By the time I resumed playing, it was after midnight…and it was snowing.

The lost and found at the police station had this ghost umbrella that I snatched up.

And while I was near the edge of the cliff, I heard a jingling sound and noticed a large snowflake.

It went down towards the beach, but I followed it down, got my net out, and caught my first snowflake!

You can’t put a snowflake into storage, but you can show it off (like a bug), release it, or sell it for 500 bells.

I went to visit Rolf, and he ever so subtly let me know he was sick. Cough cough cough cough cough.

However, T&T Emporium closed at midnight, so I couldn’t buy him any medicine! I’ll have to pick some up tomorrow, if he survives that long. 😛

I had a gem rock today, and it gave me two gold nuggets. Along with one from storage, I gave them to Cyrus and he turned them into a golden bed. It’s not a piece I needed, but oh well.

And before I ended my night, I spoke with Big Top near my fountain. He commented on how pretty the illuminated tree looks.

And in case you missed it, I took a dream adventure to a town called Clue, which is based on the board game of the same name. It’s a cool town to visit if you’re familiar with the board game, so be sure to check it out!

I started up the game and saw that my illuminated tree was completed today. It’s not much to see in the daytime, but it’s a different story altogether at night.

While I was out watering my flowers, I spotted Phineas! He gave me the Prof. of Ichthyology badge for catching every type of fish. This is my second gold badge.

Over at the police station, Copper told me that Crazy Redd was in town. And while I was there, I picked up this coat hanger! So exciting!

When I went into Redd’s tent, I was only able to rule out one of his four items. I ended up buying this valiant statue.

Once the sun went down, I attended the completion ceremony for the illuminated tree. I think it looks really good all lit up.

Once the ceremony ended, Kidd pinged me. He offered me a neutral painting for 7,056 bells. I took the risk and bought it.

But before I went to check out if it was real or not, I stopped to take a seat on my metal bench. As expected, the illuminated tree is easily visible when sitting. Now I just need some snow!

I also added a (different) picture of the illuminated tree to my town page, so feel free to check that out if you’d like.

Up on Main Street, Luna told me that Ryan from Whaleway was my most recent dream visitor. And Blathers had good news for me: The neutral painting from Kidd was real! I donated it and took a look at it; Benedict was also there enjoying the growing art gallery.

Freckles the duck was camping over at the campsite today. She’s okay, but I already have a duck in town. Not to mention my town is still full.

Up at T&T Emporium, I bought this Jingle clock. It’s a new addition to the furniture series. And I almost missed it, because a lot of times, I don’t even notice the items hanging on the walls of the store.

I know Phineas owes me a badge. But even though there weren’t any special visitors in town, there was no sign of him. So I got out my megaphone and started yelling for him. But the only replies I got were Benedict’s “Hey! I’m over here!” and Kapp’n’s clueless “Gar?”

I guess I’ll have to wait a while longer. I met Tabby over by the bridge, and she was complaining about how there’s nothing going on and she’s so bored. To quote Harvey Danger, “If you’re bored, then you’re boring.”

And by another bridge, I saw my favorite duck Molly. She told me she wants plants for Christmas! Speaking of boring, what would be a more boring present than a plant? Maybe an egg.

After circling around town, I saw Tabby again. But I’m not going to insult her this time, because she just helped me out! She suggested an illuminated tree for a public works project! I was just talking about how I was hoping someone would suggest that two days ago!

This is what it looks like…when not lit up:

But of course it will look its best when it is lit up. It will resemble a Christmas tree, which is perfect for this time of year–especially when it’s snowing. I wasn’t sure where to put it, so I walked around town looking for a good spot. Since I wanted it to be visible from my metal bench, I decided on this spot:

I went up to the post office to withdraw some money from my bank account, and then returned to pay off the project. It will be completed tomorrow.

And last but not least, I gave Aurora a new greeting. Ice witch, it is!

And if you haven’t seen my new slideshow of New Leaf pictures taken in November, be sure to check it out.

UPDATE: Just wanted to add that Z-Dude from Z-Vilage was my most recent dream visitor. ThankZ for visiting, Z-Dude!