Month: February 2024

Grizzly Favors

On Thursday, Saharah was in town. She was looking for old wallpaper.

Saharah: I came from far away. I wish to trade wallpaper. It is for wallpaper that I came to your town today.

I asked around for old wallpaper, and Grizzly was the only villager who helped me out.

Grizzly: I'm up to my eyeballs in wallpaper around here, for some reason I can't remember.

I put that wallpaper into storage for future use.

Tonight, I headed over to the Roost for K.K.’s Saturday night performance. Unfortunately, he played my least-favorite song of all, K.K. Song.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Song.

A bit later, I listened in on a conversation between Antonio and Gabi (near my house). Antonio asked Gabi what she’d like to do for a career, and Gabi responded that she’s going to make her own line of tae kwon do uniforms. That’s…very specific.

Gabi: I'll make my own line of designer Tae Kwon Do uniforms!

Grizzly asked me for a fossil, so I gave him a sabertooth skull that I dug up. I don’t typically help villagers out when they ask for fossils (since their rewards are always less valuable than the fossil), but Grizzly did help me out with the wallpaper the other day.

Grizzly: Sugar J! Did you find this sabertooth skull in some forgotten, trap-laden tomb? Or did you just dig?

In return, he gave me a chic wall. 😛 Here are a few other quick notes from tonight’s session:

  • Nana was sick with a cold, and I gave her some medicine.
  • Big Top asked me for blue furniture, but I couldn’t find any. I even shook trees for the daily furniture items (and got stung by bees several times in the process).
  • I found a pink kotatsu in the recycle bin.
  • The snow will be all melted by 6 a.m. tomorrow! Bring on spring!

Big Re-Entrance

Tonight, Gabi told me that she locked herself out of her house. She said she’s hungry and can’t eat because there’s no food outside. But there was fruit outside. You could easily see two cherry trees and an orange tree from that very spot. 😛

Gabi: Ohmigosh, I'm so hungry and I can't get into my house and there's NO FOOD OUT HERE!

I got a very nice surprise when I entered a new house tonight. Superhero elephant Big Top, who just moved out of Forest 16 months ago, has returned!

Big Top: Eep! My place still isn't ready, and neither am I! I'm Big Top, and I just moved here today.

He’s been one of my favorites for many years, so it’s great to have him back in town! 😁

In the southwest part of town, I’ve noticed that my grass has regrown quite a bit! As you may or may not remember, I added a path and started planting flowers around here last summer. Here’s a pic of what it looked like last July.

And here is it today. The grass has filled in nicely! I’m really happy with how it has turned out. 🙂

My regrown grass in the southwest part of town.

There was a heavy meteor shower tonight, so I stopped over by the windmill to watch them for a while.

Two shooting stars in the skies over Forest.

At one point, there were three shooting stars on-screen at once! But two of them were fading away as the third was just entering the picture, so it doesn’t look as impressive as it sounds. 😛

Three shooting stars at once, although two of them are fading out.

Antonio asked me for a new greeting, so I just told him to say “I eat ants.” I like to keep it simple. 🐜

See you all next time! Never Stop Crossing!

Saharah’s Midnight Deadline

Yesterday, I received Egbert’s goodbye letter in the mail. I’ll miss the guy, but I’m sure we’ll meet again in one game or another.

Dear Jeff, Moving day is finally here, and I keep thinking of the fun times we had. Those memories are what I'll take with me to my new town, not just boxes and stuff. -From Egbert

Saharah was in town, and she was looking for old carpets.

Saharah: I came from far away. I wish to trade carpets. It is for carpets that I came to your town today.

I asked five villagers for some, and Gabi was the only one who had something to give me. I planned on asking more villagers, of course…but the clock struck midnight and it was too late. Unlike some other special characters, Saharah is pretty strict about her “quest” ending exactly at midnight. I guess she’s afraid she’ll turn into a pumpkin or something. So I just put my old flooring into storage for next time.

Today, the fishing tournament was held. And, as usual, I was too late to participate. 😛 But Chip informed me that Tom won the tourney by catching an 84.1-inch tuna. That’s a big tuna! (Is it named Jim?)

Chip: Tom from here in Forest! Solid fishing! But not so much for you. Nyuuk nyuk!

I heard a balloon present flying by, and I shot it down against the backdrop of the northern lights. There was a fire bar inside the package, which explained why the hot air kept the balloon afloat…but not why the string didn’t burn. Hmmm. 🤔

Jeff the bunny prepares to shoot down a balloon present underneath the northern lights (aurora borealis) in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

I made my way over to the Roost, and I asked K.K. for a random song. He performed Forest Life for me, which is always a good song. 🙂

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: Forest Life.

If you haven’t yet seen the video I posted last Sunday, here it is: City Folk Moments #18.

Once you’ve watched the video, you’ll know why I gave Nana this catchphrase when she asked me for one tonight: Nanamuffin.

Nana: Nanamuffin. Hm... I like the way it rolls off the tongue!

See you all again soon! As a reminder, Festivale is coming up on Monday. Check out my Festivale Guide if you need a refresher on how it works!