Day 9: Midge Moves In

At Nook’s Cranny today, I bought a cone. It’s a traffic cone, but it’s just called a cone. (I later put it in front of Marcel’s house as a warning). I also bought two recipe packs from the Nooklings’ cabinet: “DIY for Beginners” and “Test your DIY Skills.” Better late than never, I suppose. 😛

Outside, I was quite surprised to find Harvey out walking around!

He told me about his island, saying I could now fly there from the airport. I’ll check it out later in this entry, but I wanted to make my rounds first.

I spotted another familiar place at the plaza. It was Mabel!

She plans to open up her own shop on the island. But in the meantime, she’ll stop by a couple times a week to sell clothing and accessories. Unfortunately, I wasn’t interested in anything she had today. It looked like mostly women’s clothing, aside from some steel-toed boots. That would be a funny combination to wear. 😛 But it is nice to see another NPC that’s starting to show up!

As I was banging the money rock, Louie called out to me. He apparently had another suggestion for the town, but my pockets were full (as usual).

Remember that first money tree I planted? It was fully grown now!

I shook the money bags down, scoring a total of 3,000 bells. So I guess money bags actually are a way to earn money in New Horizons. In previous games, they were basically just for decoration because you would typically get less money out of them than what you put in. But still, you’ll end up with a bunch of trees you may not want if you do it every day…so I likely won’t bother with them very often.

When I visited Marcel in his house, I saw that he was crafting something. That means he would be giving me a recipe, but since my pockets were full, I went back outside to drop something. As I went out the door, he turned around to look at me, and used the curiosity (question mark) emotion. As if to say “hey, where are you going?” 😛

When I returned, he gave me a recipe for a matryoshka.

Next, I headed over to meet my newest neighbor, Midge the bird. She instantly becomes my 2nd favorite villager (after Louie) at the moment, although she’s going to drop down to 3rd by tomorrow.

Tom Nook had a new customization workshop for me today. He gave me some customization kits, which are basically credits, but they take up a space in your pockets for some reason. They allow you to change the color or style of many furniture items, just like Cyrus did in New Leaf.

As I exited his tent, I saw Louie doing some stretches in the plaza…as Harvey tried to hold his hand. (Just kidding about the last part). 😛

But that’s not all. Shari was also nearby, singing! This was the first time I’ve heard one of my animals sing.

Back at my house, Louie’s letter arrived. He sent me a public bench, but I don’t have any immediate plans to use it.

I had a tree right in front of my museum entrance, and I didn’t like it being right there. So I cut it down and planted two trees instead, on either side of the entrance.

When I went back over to Shari, she taught me the disagreement reaction. So I’ll be able to shake my head no. That’s a helpful reaction to have!

I’m still in the process of pulling my initial weeds in town, and I’m probably 90% done. But I didn’t get very far today because my pockets kept filling up. Between all the tools and crafting materials, there’s not much space left over! I know the pockets can be expanded at some point, but I hope it’s soon because it’s starting to get annoying.

After a much-needed nap, I took a plane out to Harvey’s island. He runs a photo studio called Photopia there. You can decorate the rooms of his house just for photo-taking opportunities, and you can bring in models (villagers, but you need their Amiibo cards) and choose their wardrobe. I like the concept, but I’m probably too lazy to fully decorate a room of his house just to take some photos. 😛

I shot down two balloon presents today: One had a DIY recipe for a bamboo-shoot lamp, and the other was a recipe for a basket pack. I found a bottle message that gave me a recipe for firewood. Gee, I wonder what that’s made out of. 😉

If you haven’t yet seen Wi-Fi Moments #1, here it is! I hope you enjoy it!