Changing the Law

It seems like I’ve been burying a lot of time capsules lately, and Rolf just added to the list earlier this week. I buried his capsule in the usual spot.

Rolf: Cool. You can find the time capsule in the letters section in your stuff. Thanks for helping out, skippy!

While trying to catch a butterfly off of a cliff, I noticed something. I was able to hit the gold roses below with my net, causing some petals to fly off!

Hitting gold roses from on top of a cliff.

Since I haven’t been spending as much time in New Leaf lately, I realized that I probably don’t need the night owl ordinance any more. So I decided to change back to the beautiful town ordinance. I already have the gold weeding badge now, so the lack of weeds around town is not a problem.

But Isabelle reminded me that I need 20,000 bells to make the change. Wait, why? I’m the mayor? Who do I pay this to…myself?

Isabelle: I should have mentioned that the law says you need 20,000 bells on hand when changing ordinances.

So I got some money out of the bank and tried again. The new ordinance went into effect today.

~Forest News~ Forest established the Keep Forest Beautiful ordinance starting today! Let's try to keep our town clean of trash and weeds!

Even though my paths are lined with gold roses, which don’t need to be watered, I do have other hybrids at various spots around town. Not having to water them will be a help. And now I’ll be able to skip a day of playing here and there if I need to.

Big Top approached me tonight, and gave me a frog costume for always helping him out. I hop he doesn’t expect me to actually wear this.

Big Top: Since you're always helping me out, I got you a little present. It's a frog costume!
Excuse me if I don’t jump for joy.

Boots asked me to find a peach for him, so I grabbed a perfect peach from the tree right outside his house. When I gave it to him, his jaw dropped.

Boots: No way! And I can really have this?!

He loved the peach, and he gave me a sandbag as my reward.

Later, I went over to Club LOL to catch K.K. Slider’s Saturday night musical performance. Kabuki and Sprinkle were also there; K.K. played Bubblegum K.K. for us.

K.K. Slider performs for Kabuki, Jeff, and Sprinkle.

My recent dream visitors have been Shiro from EastBlue, Mayounna from Amy Rose, Calebe from Cidadejc, Katie from Sarepia, Cheatsy from Insanity, Emma from Guadium, and Daniel from DanWoof. Thanks for stopping by!

Hornsby’s Pic

Hornsby recently told me that he was jealous of my balloon hat. I can’t imagine why. He then told me to be careful not to pop it. Well, I guess it’s good that he doesn’t have one, because his horns would have popped his hat anyway!

Hornsby: But be careful not to pop it. That would be a horrible waste, shnozzle.

On Tuesday, Boots told me he wanted to see the time capsule I buried for him. So I went to the spot and dug it up. He said it had an old sweat-soaked stadiometer inside. I thought that’s what he was going to give me, but he ended up giving me an eight lamp instead. Wow, what is with Boots and number lamps? 😉

Boots: It's an eight lamp! Thank you, boss! I feel like I've touched the future.

Today, Hornsby asked me for some fruit. I gave him a perfect orange and he went crazy for it!

Hornsby, very excitedly: SO GOOD!

As a reward, he gave me his picture! Finally!

Hornsby: A fantastic piece of fruit deserves a fantastic thank-you! Here. Have my Hornsby's pic!

This is my 32nd villager pic (not counting special characters). I went home to take a look at it; Hornsby’s favorite quote is “You can’t hit a mosquito with a horseshoe.” I…don’t think that’s true. But I’m glad to have the pic. 🙂

Hornsby's pic in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Over at the campsite, Kiki was camping out in a tent!

Kiki: Oh, hello. Are you from here? I fell in love with this town and decided to take a camping trip here.

I would have asked her to move in if I could, but my town is full. I should probably think about letting someone go. But the only villager I’d be willing to let go right now is Vivian, and the Amiibo villagers (which she is) never seem to ask to move out.

Rolf asked me to catch a butterfly for his niece tonight.

Rolf: My niece keeps asking me to give her a butterfly, but I just can't seem to catch one.

I keep a bunch of butterflies in the dock box for exactly this situation. I grabbed an agrias butterfly and then took it back to Rolf. He rewarded me by giving me a trunk. But oddly enough, he told me not to look into it too much.

Rolf: A trunk will have to be my way of giving thanks. But don't look into it too much!
Did you hide a dead body inside it or something?

Vivian asked me to make a delivery to Molly, and that gift was a shirt. Molly tried it on and asked me how it looked. I honestly didn’t know how to answer.

Molly, hidden behind a fish tank: So what do you think? Does it look good on me?
It looks fresh…….water goby.

She then gave me some candy for making the delivery.

If you’re looking for more Animal Crossing content, please check out my latest video: 31 Animal Crossing Features That Never Returned.

My recent dream visitors have been Hayden from Hyrule, Jona from Pasion, Name from Town, Chris from BLOX, and Arl from Duloc. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!

Time Share

Last night, Hornsby told me he prepared a time capsule. He asked me to bury it for him, and I agreed. I put it in the northwest corner of town, in the same exact spot where I buried Boots’ time capsule recently. I don’t know how exactly that works, since you can’t normally bury two things in the same spot, but time capsules seem to be an exception to that rule. They can share the same spot.

Hornsby: I just put together a time capsule with my most prized possession inside. Now I just have to bury it!

Later, Hornsby asked me to make a delivery to Bob…who was standing just a few feet behind him.

Hornsby: Well... Bob wouldn't get mad at you, so do you think you could return this thing for me?

I made the delivery, and Bob never revealed what was inside the package. But he did give me a deep-blue tank for my trouble. It was an easy delivery…quite different from the wild goose chase I just went on in the GameCube game the other day. 😉

Not much was going on in town tonight, so I did something I haven’t done lately: I went dancing at Club LOL! Kabuki and Harry were also there.

Jeff dances in Club LOL.

On the edge of the cliff back in town, I saw a balloon present headed my way. Because I keep my slingshot attached to a letter (where it’s not easily accessible–especially when I’m feeling lazy), I just got my net out instead. Since it was still pretty low, I was able to smack it down with my JVGS net. 😉

Jeff smacks down a balloon present with a net.

It contained a balloon hat, so I put it on.

I used my net for a different purpose a few moments later. I saw Big Top resting on the town’s metal bench, and I used my net to catch his attention. 😛

Big Top is surprised to be hit with a net from behind.
At least he was wearing a helmet.

I felt bad for hitting Big Top in his big head, so I made up with him. I also joined him for a sit on the bench. We’re still friends.

Big Top and Jeff sit on the bench in Forest.

My recent dream visitors have been Grey from Befallen, Connor from Starloft, Mayounna from Amy Rose, Duneska from Astoria, Morgan from Maybelle, and Emma from Zolas. Thanks for stopping by! If anyone else wants to visit my dream town, the dream address is 5D00-000F-7611.