Home in the Sky

On Monday, Ketchup gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a shell music box. It was one that I didn’t have yet, believe it or not!

SWEET! I learned a DIY recipe for a shell music box!

Midge asked me to visit her house, and I don’t normally bother with these requests. But this time, I was nice and I accepted the offer.

Midge: To my place we go, in the sky!
Let me craft a hot-air balloon first.

We played a game of High Card, Low Card, and I won a plain paperboy cap from her. I stayed a couple minutes, and then as I was leaving, she gave me her photo!

Midge: I hope now's a good time to give you Midge's photo.

Even though I’ve earned Midge’s photo before, that was the previous Midge (that lived in Forest from 2020-2021). This was the first time that this Midge gave me her photo. 😛

Out on Lottie’s Island, there were lots of yellow-and-white flower petals falling from the sky! I’m not sure what this was all about, but I don’t remember seeing it before.

Yellow and white petals falling from the sky on the Happy Home Paradise island.

I had another good camper yesterday: Ribbot the robotic frog! It was tempting, but I ultimately chose not to kick anyone out. I wouldn’t mind having Ribbot in the future, though!

Ribbot, at the campsite: I'm on a quest to find a new rival. My last one flexed so hard they got stuck like that. It was awesome!

Tonight, I went diving and caught a scallop. Pascal popped up and started talking about bones and fossils.

Pascal: Are fossils bones that turned to stone, or are bones just rocks in denial about their true nature?
That’s a boneheaded question. 😛

Here are a few other quick notes about the last few days:

  • Celeste gave me a large star fragment on Sunday night.
  • Wisp gave me a checkout counter.
  • Bob was sick with a cold on Monday, so I gave him some medicine. In return, he gave me a rumba costume.
  • I helped out Gullivarrr, and he sent me another pirate outfit yesterday.

Two Places at Once?

On Thursday, Mira the bunny was camping at the campsite. I liked her a lot in New Leaf, but I’m not so sure about the way she looks in HD.

Mira, at the campsite: Hey, thanks for stoppin' by. So...is everyone here, like, SUPER friendly?
We’re both red zap superheroes. 😛

Her yellow eyelashes look a bit weird, and her mouth is…diagonal? I know she looked like that in New Leaf too, but the low resolution made it less noticeable. I still like her, of course, but I didn’t kick anyone out to adopt her.

Tonight, K.K. Slider was at the plaza, warming up with a (sad) song that I liked. I wasn’t sure what song it was, though. So I just told him I was feeling blue, and he performed “Two Days Ago” for me, Punchy, and Ketchup.

K.K. Slider performs for Punchy, Ketchup, and Jeff.

Good song, but that wasn’t the one he was practicing moments earlier. I wish there was an option to tell him to play what he was just singing!

After the show, I went straight to the Roost for some coffee. But somehow, Punchy was already there! 😛

Punchy, at the Roost: But...then why do grown-ups always look so tired, at the Depot?
Punchy beat me to the Roost.

After completing my daily tasks, I put some money into the bank. My account balance reached 68 million bells.

Good night, everybody!

Bones: Nighty-night! Sincerely, Bones!

Deep Duck

On Sunday, I found some spoiled turnips in my pockets! Oops! That meant I forgot to sell those last 700 turnips from last week. Oof.

It was Rio’s birthday, so I headed up to her house for her birthday party. I gave her a water bird for her gift. It’s the one that I had in front of her house, but don’t tell her! (I later replaced it with another one.)

Rio: Whaaat?! You got me a water bird?!

Ankha was also there for the celebration, which is a lot better than the “friend” she had at her party last year. 😉 Rio said today was her happiest day of the year, so I’m glad it went well for her. 🙂

On Monday, I saw Bob in Able Sisters. He asked me to pick something out for him, so I bought him some bubblegum. It’s too bad villagers won’t actually wear this, though.

Bob: Oh! This is some bubblegum!
Who knew bubblegum made you taller? 😉

I helped Gulliver out, and he sent me an alpinist hat yesterday.

Tonight, Flick was in town. I grabbed 25 bugs (most were from storage, of course), and Flick paid me 196,500 bells for them all.

Flick: Ahem. Can I offer you, say, 196,500 bells for the bunch of them?

With summer winding down, this was likely my last big payday from Flick for a while.

Up in the Roost, I had a deep, philosophical conversation with…Ketchup? 😉 She was talking about the importance of taking things slow. She said it helps you unwind and find your inner peace.

Ketchup: Sometimes life is so slow, I start to feel bored. But then I come here, and I realize slow is important.

I recovered Wisp’s spirits for him, and he rewarded me with a sailor skirt. 😛

And just before wrapping up my game for the night, I saw a very large fish shadow in the ocean. It didn’t have a fin, so I almost ignored it. But since it was raining, I gave it a shot…and I caught a coelacanth. 🙂