Cherry Blossom Festival 2025

I played last week (on April 6th) during the Cherry Blossom Festival. But before I headed over to the wishing well, I checked my mail. Mom sent me a cute letter about moving a painting.

My dear Jeff, I tried to move this painting yesterday, but, instead, it moved me! True story! -Your art-loving mom

At the event, I found that Hank was this year’s dancing fiend—just like he was on the same date 14 years prior.

Hank: Yee-haw! Yahoo! They can't teach you moves this good, Jeff!

Lulu and Kody were seated at one table, and Kody wanted to party down, catch petals, and get funky! 😆

Kody: I just wanna keep yelling stuff and catching petals! Party down! Get funky!

Ursala and Sydney were seated at the other table. Ursala called herself a “discriminating glutton,” as Hank appeared to be almost ice skating in the background. This event has such a fun, festive atmosphere!

Ursala: During flower viewing, I become quite a discriminating glutton.

After I was done schmoozing and dancing, I continued on with my walk around town. Of course, Candi wouldn’t let me go without demanding to know what I was doing. 😛

Candi: Hey, wait up a second! Where are you going? By gum, I'm MAKING it my business, sweetie!

I eventually made my way back around to the wishing well. Tortimer was there this time, despite not being around the first time. I’ve never been sure why he does this, but I’ve noticed it at events many times before. At any rate, he was happy to see everyone having a good time.

Tortimer: Heh hehh hehhh hoorf! Eveyone's so happy, sprout! I'm so happy to see my townsfolk...so happy.
A typo…or maybe he’s just drunk and slurring his speech. 😛

I played again today, and I found a goodbye letter from Boris in the mail. He must have been Russian to get out of town. 😉

Jeff, Sorry if this throws you for a loop, but I'm ditching this one-human town, and I may not be coming back. Thanks for being tolerable. Maybe we'll meet again sometime. Sincerely, -Boris

When I spoke with Candi, she gave me a free pear. That in itself isn’t all that remarkable, until you pear it with what happened next: Less than a minute later, Puck gave me a free cherry! That’s two foreign fruits in under a minute! Now that is probably a record for me, although there’s obviously no way to verify that.

Puck: Whoa! You don't mind that I found it on the ground? That's where bugs live!
JEFF = Jeff Enjoys Foreign Fruit

Thanks, Candi and Puck!

Boris’s replacment was Admiral, who seems to live in an underground bunker. He was just staring at a static-filled TV screen when I entered his house.

Admiral staring at a TV in his underground bunker.
“They’re coming…”

When I went up to talk to him, he did his Robert De Niro “You talkin’ to me?!” routine.

Admiral: What are you looking at? Were you talking to me? I don't see any other people around here. So were you?

I later ran into Baabara, and she assured me that I’ll never be as popular as her. Aw, what a shame. 😛

Baabara: For example, I've heard from a good source that you'll never be nearly as popular as I am, daahling!

She continued to tell me that Pelly and Pete may be dating, but I found a mistake in her dialogue. The second sentence in this part doesn’t start with a capital letter. 😛

Baabara: But Pelly is so quiet! she won't give me any of the juicy details.

Shortly after that, I returned home and wrapped up my game for the day. I hope to see you all next time!

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