The Snow Has Arrived!

Yesterday, I received the quaint painting in the mail from Jolly Redd. I quaintly rushed it over to the museum, where Blathers confirmed its authenticity.

It was finally snowing in town for longer than three seconds, so it was nice to see the snowflakes falling. It was also nice to see villagers in their cute winter hats!

Nook’s Cranny had an exit sign for sale, and I thought it would be the perfect gift for Rizzo! 😉

C.J. was in town, and I completed his challenge by catching three large fish. I later sold him 46,000 bells worth of fish.

As of today (December 11th), winter has fully arrived! Snow now covers the ground and trees. I quickly checked it out this morning, and it’s beautiful!

During the morning announcements, Isabelle said that we can roll up two snowballs to make a snowboy. Wait, just a snowboy? Apparently that’s the only type of snowperson that’s in New Horizons for some reason. I wonder why they didn’t include the others in the recent winter update? But still, I did my duty and built a snowboy.

He taught me a DIY recipe for a frozen counter, and he also gave me a large snowflake (which is required to build the counter). You can also catch (regular) snowflakes as you could in New Leaf, but now you use them for crafting (since there is no snowmam). The frozen furniture looks similar to the ice furniture in New Leaf, and it’s beautiful.

Catching three snowflakes can also be one of the daily Nook Miles+ goals.

One interesting thing about snowflakes is that you can actually put them in storage! You couldn’t do that in New Leaf, but you can in New Horizons. And yet, we still can’t put flowers (the plants) in storage, but we can keep snowflakes for future use. Give me a break!

And with new flowers sprouting up from yesterday’s snowfall, I’ve reached a point where I had to something I would have found unimaginable in City Folk or New Leaf: I’m having to sell my black roses. I just have too many of them, and nowhere to put them since they can’t go into storage. I kinda hate to do it, but it’s necessary at this point.

I reshaped Frog Pond so that it’s no longer in the shape of a frog face. It’s really meant to recreate some of the hopping fun of the frog race, but in a smaller, non-competitive attraction. Frog suits are optional.

Tia asked me to participate in a treasure hunt, and she gave me six minutes to find the buried item. I found it in less than half of that, and the “treasure” was a diner apron. I know everyone’s definition of “treasure” can vary, but in my opinion, a treasure should at least be a furniture item. Who wants to spend up to six minutes of precious gaming time just to win an apron? 😛

Update: There is one aspect of building snowboys that I want to comment on. When you first start with a small snowball, you don’t roll it around; you kick it. One space at a time. It’s very awkward, and I don’t understand why they made it this way.

At 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Logan, Alex from Pawnee, and Alex from A-Nation came over. After they checked out the free DIY recipe pile, I showed them my “puppy garden” and frozen counter.

Over by the snowman, we posed with our snowflakes.

We also did some “snowga” (snow yoga) and some synchronized exercises. About 10:30, Xavier came over.

When I visited Hornsby, he told me that his bidet fits his butt perfectly.

At 11:00, Decco joined in. I didn’t have any specific activities planned for tonight, but we hung out at my house for a bit, and we also visited various spots around town to see everything in the snow.

Alex pointed out that it has been a long time since we played museum tag, so we played several rounds of that. In one round, Alex from A-Nation was seeking, and he ran right past my hiding spot! I guess I was well-hidden (for once, lol). 😀

About 12:25 a.m., I ended the session for the night. Thanks to everyone who came, it was fun!