Snow Luck

On Monday, Pascal popped up out of the ocean and started talking about Cloud Nine. Or at least, he was wondering what was wrong with Clouds 1-8. 😛

Pascal: What's with the first eight clouds? Are they sorta good, but nothing to write home about, or what?
He gave me a pearl in exchange for my scallop.

On Tuesday, Static asked me if I had an ant on me! I sure hope not! 😆

Static: Would you happen to have an ant on you?
Yikes! Get it off, get it off! 😆

But seriously, he just wanted to buy an ant from me for 120 bells. Sure, no problem.

As of Wednesday, snow now covers the ground in Animal Crossing games. I attempted my first snowman snowboy of the season yesterday, but it didn’t go well. He wasn’t happy with how he turned out.

Snowboy: Almost! So, so close.

I tried again tonight, and I had the same result. If you include City Folk, I’m now 0-for-3 in snowmen this season so far! They’re all giving me the cold shoulder! I know I’m out of practice, but still, that’s pretty bad. 😆

My 2nd snowman of the season, which was also not quite perfect.

I figured that tonight would be a good knight night to finally change out of my Halloween costume. So I put on my Elf outfit for the holidays.

Jeff dressing up as Buddy the Elf for the holiday season.

Here are a few other quick notes about this past week:

  • On Sunday night, Wisp gave me a vintage TV tray.
  • Tonight, I returned a lost item to Static. He rewarded me with a flower sweater.
  • K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Calypso” for me and June.
K.K. Slider performs for June and Jeff.

By the way, I’ll probably be posting the next New Horizons Moments video sometime next week. See you soon!

Toasty Time Machine

On Tuesday, Pascal told me that he would like a machine that can un-toast bread! That would basically be a time machine! Just…a kinda crumb-y one.

Pascal: I want a machine that turns toast back into soft bread. I've got too many toast regrets, maaan...

He also took my scallop and gave me some mermaid shoes. I’m just trying to figure out how a mermaid would actually wear these, since they don’t have feet.

Gullivarrr was also in town, and I recovered his phone for him. To thank me, he sent me a pirate-treasure crown the next day.

On Thursday, Merengue was sick with a cold. I crafted some medicine for her, and she started to feel better. She thanked me by giving me a sushi chef’s outfit.

Merengue: I'd like to thank you by giving you a sushi chef's outfit.

I don’t plan on wearing it, but it was a rice gesture. 😉

Yesterday, Merengue was back to her usual self. But she was having trouble coming up with a dinner plan…unless her catchphrase is actually her suggestion. 😉

Merengue: I'm struggling to come up with a last-minute dinner plan, a berry...
That’s a berry light meal!

Rodney the rodent was camping at the campsite, and I had no interest in the pest. He also camped here back in 2021, if anyone is interested in that fact. (Doubt it, haha.)

Rodney: Heya! Are you from around here? I'm kinda on vacation, just relaxing and focus-grouping a few things...
When you’re done, hop back on your wheel and roll out.

Tonight, there was a decent crowd for K.K. Slider’s concert. Rio, Ketchup, and Merengue joined me for a performance of Agent K.K.

K.K. Slider performs for Rio, Ketchup, Jeff, and Merengue.

Curiously, Agent S was nowhere to be found for the agent-themed song. Unless she was undercover, hiding in plain sight somewhere nearby! 🕵️‍♀️

MVP Bones

On Sunday, Margie the elephant was camping at the campsite! I wouldn’t mind having her around at some point, but I didn’t want to kick anyone out to get her.

Margie, at the campsite: This place is so mellow and laid-back that I can tell already I'm going to go home from here feeling restored.

Just outside the tent, I caught this paper kite butterfly. Of course, I know it’s a common bug, but I just really liked this screenshot for some reason. I don’t know if it’s the sunlight or the fact that I’m centered in front of the tent, but something in this picture just draws me in aesthetically.

I caught a paper kite butterfly!

On Monday, Pascal popped up to tell me that rocks are the oysters of the land. He then gave me a pearl (in exchange for my scallop), and swam off.

Pascal: Rocks are the oysters of the land.
And jellyfish are the pitfalls of the sea.
(New Leaf players will get this one.)

On Tuesday, I recorded my full gameplay session and uploaded it as a video. It had been over a year since I posted such a gameplay video of New Horizons. So here it is, if you’re interested:

Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the U.S., and that meant it was Turkey Day in New Horizons. Franklin the chef had tables set up in the plaza, and he asked me to help him gather ingredients for him.

Franklin, on Turkey Day: And no one knows feasting like turkeys, which is why they called in a professional, gobble gob.
You’re a professional gobble gob?

Louie was already eyeing Franklin in that pic. 😆

I gathered up the ingredients I needed, one dish at a time. My villagers also helped with secret ingredients to make the dishes even better.

Bones, wearing a chef hat: OK, have you ever had manure? Wait, uh...I mean men...y'air. I did it!

Okay, that was a bad example. But Bones actually did help me out a lot, giving me two of the secret ingredients I needed (a barred knifejaw and a Dungeness crab).

Bones: Hooray! Now my food'll get to be its yum-yum-yummiest self. Here, take my extra Dungeness crab.

With his help, I completed the event with all four dishes and all four special ingredients. I hope you all had a good Turkey Day, harvest festival, and/or Thanksgiving!

The complete Turkey Day feast.

Just for reference, here is the list of the four dishes, including the ingredients:

  • clam chowder: 3 manila clams (secret ingredient: scallop)
  • pumpkin pie: orange pumpkin, yellow pumpkin (secret ingredients: green pumpkin, white pumpkin)
  • gratin: round mushroom, potato (secret ingredient: Dungeness crab)
  • meunière: sea bass, dab (secret ingredient: barred knifejaw)

Today, Flick was in town…but I didn’t have much to sell him. Just two wasps and a paper kite butterfly, in fact. 😆 He gave me a whopping 9,000 bells for them all. Ooh, I’m rich now! 😉

I helped out Wisp twice this week. He gave me some terra-cotta flooring on Sunday night, and a popcorn snack set on Wednesday.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone! I’ll see you next week.