A Wet Cold

Today, I received Gaston’s goodbye letter in the mail. So long, Mr. Mustache.

Jeff, Thanks for being here for me. I'm a better animal for knowing you. I'm leaving Forest behind, but I'll be thinking of you in my new home! -Your pal, Gaston

My next-door neighbor Lobo was hanging out around my house, and he commented on the cold (and snowy) weather. He said at least it’s a wet cold. 😆

Lobo: It may be cold, but at least it's a wet cold, ah-rooooo.

The snow flurries must have put me in a snowman-building mood, because I decided to roll up two snowballs to make this guy. He’ll be sending me a reward in the mail.

Snowman: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn... Oh, I've just woken from the most exquisite sleep. But...what's this?

I don’t normally run into Pete very often, but I did today. So I stopped to have a brief chat with him.

Pete: Hey, have you ever written a love letter?

Unfortunately, Queenie was sick with a cold today. But I gave her some medicine that I had with me. Get well soon, Queenie!

Queenie: I'm either wearing an outfit that clashes with my skin tone...or I have a horrible cold, awwwk!!!!.

I saw a large fish shadow in the sea, and I thought it might be a coelacanth since it was snowing. It turned out to be a tuna instead, but that’s not a bad catch either. 😎

I caught a tuna! I only wish I'd caught it soona!

I finished my day with a bus ride out to the city. Phineas was there, and he gave me a red bunny balloon. 🙂

Minus One Mustache

Over by town hall tonight, I noticed two of my crankies (Roscoe and Lobo) were both wearing checkered shirts. They can play board games without the board now. 😛

Roscoe and Lobo, both wearing checkered shirts.

I was disappointed when I walked into Gaston’s house, and saw that he’s moving out. Yes, I do need cranky villagers to leave, but Gaston is one I’d rather keep a while. I know he’s not very popular (and he’s not exactly the cutest villager), but he and his mustache have grown on me over the years.

Gaston: Whoa, is that boss?
He should use his dice shirt to play games with Roscoe and Lobo. 😉

My only current cranky that I like more is Tom…and I found him at the Roost tonight. He was enjoying some coffee, as I asked K.K. Slider for a random song. He performed Surfin’ K.K. for me (and Tom).

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

After the show, the next villager I spoke with was Queenie. She said she was going to buy a collection of surf rock music! What a coincidence! She should’ve come to K.K.’s show tonight!

Queenie: I'm going to buy that surf rock music collection I've wanted!

She thought some surf rock will spice things up, since we don’t have any events coming up for a while.

See you all next time!

Lost Cities of Gold

Yesterday, I received my award letter from Chip in the mail, from winning last weekend’s fishing tournament. Chip congratulated me for the win, and he sent me my prize: a silver trophy.

Results Announcement: The big winner of the January 21st, 2023, Fishing Tourney is Jeff's 7-inch pond smelt! You're number one! -From Chip

The northern lights were shining up in the sky, and I took a photo of them from right in front of my house. 🙂

The northern lights in Forest.

Hopper was talking about Grizzly and Tom, saying they almost act like family. Then he wondered if they actually were related, mentioning that they look alike! A grizzly bear and a cat?! I don’t think so, Hopper.

Hopper: I wonder if they ARE related? Eh, probably not. ...Though they do look a lot alike, slushie.

Tonight, I went down to the Roost to check out the Saturday night show. I asked for a random song, and K.K. Slider performed K.K. House for me. It’s not a bad song, and I enjoyed the show. 🙂

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

Outside, Tom was walking around with a shovel, looking for fossils (even though villagers never actually dig them up). He said it reminded him of being a kid, dreaming of finding lost cities of gold.

Tom: Takes me back to being a kid, dreaming of being an archaeologist and finding lost cities of gold.

I didn’t dig up any gold, but I did find an iron frame in the recycle bin at town hall. I’ll always take free furniture!