Cursed to Nap

Yesterday, Nook’s Cranny had a creepy skeleton for sale. And where do they display the dead body? Right next to the toast, of course! 😛 What an appetizing combination! 😋

A creepy skeleton for sale, right next to a toaster (with toast).

I finally worked on the area where my oasis used to be. Using a titan arum as the centerpiece, I made a small pond that’s inspired by the fairy fountains of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I also placed some glowing moss around the edges of it. Here’s a look at it:

My fairy fountain pond.
Just don’t expect anyone to come out of the flower and kiss you.

Tonight, Bones told me that he couldn’t stop yawning all day. He asked if I felt tired too, and I said yes. He thinks maybe everyone on Forest is “cursed to nap.” 😛

Bones: Wait, maybe it isn't just us. Maybe everyone on Forest is cursed to nap!

Hornsby was in his house cooking, so I asked him what he was making. He was making french fries! Yum! He taught me the recipe. 🙂 🍟

Hornsby: Heya! Guess what I'm making! Some french fries!

Saturday night is K.K. Slider night, so I checked out his show at the plaza. He played a song called K.K. Chorinho for me, Agent S, and Marina.

K.K.: Right on. I'm tuned up and ready to roll. Who's in the mood for a little K.K. Chorinho?

Kapp’n took me out to a mysterious island, and it was summer there! There were summer shells on the beach, summer bugs out, and I even thought I saw a shark fin (even though it turned out to be a suckerfish). 😛 As I was yawning, I didn’t see a scorpion coming, and it attacked me…giving Kapp’n a scare in the process.

Kapp'n: Ah, have ye finally come to? Ye need to be mindful about scarin' me like that! It's bad fer me ticker!
~Kapp’n, he be scared, Kapp’n unprepared~

After that, I wrapped up my game to go take a nap. I guess Bones was right. Curses!

Tia’s Birthday

Today (November 18th) is Tia’s birthday! I attended her party and gave her a customized tea table as her birthday present. She really seemed to love it!

Tia: This is such an amazing gift!

Tia’s friend (and fellow elephant) Eloise was also in attendance. Happy birthday, Tia!

Eloise: Today is a day for celebration! It's Tia's birthday! Let's be sure to make it fabulous!

That earned me 1,000 Nook Miles for attending my 20th party. I have now completed the “Birthday Celebration” Nook Miles goal.

Birthday Celebration: Celebrating the birthday of a fellow resident is a wonderful thing. Nook Inc. will commemorate your bond with some party-favor Nook Miles.

When I got some coffee at the Roost, Brewster informed me that the flavor of coffee is at its peak when it’s served at 176.46 degrees.

Brewster: Flavor's at is peak when the coffee's served at 176.46 degrees...

Interestingly, this is not the same temperature that Brewster states in New Leaf. In that game, he said it was 175.32°. I guess perfection is a moving target. 😛

Label was in town, and she wanted to see me in a theatrical outfit. She gave me a rose-print jacket as an example. I got my pirate outfit (and accessories) out of storage and put it on. Label loved the look, and she rewarded me with a Labelle coat. She’ll also be sending me two tailors tickets in the mail tomorrow.

Label: Amazing! I've never seen an outfit so perfectly coordinated!

Tortimer is Missing!

We’re in the second half of November now, and maple leaves now fall from the sky. You can catch them with your net and use them for crafting some seasonal recipes.

Static was sitting on the park fountain in my town yesterday, and I just had to take a picture.

I just hope he doesn’t fall in, because ⚡ and 💧 don’t mix. And nobody would like the smell of an electrocuted squirrel.

The graceful painting I purchased from Redd on Monday turned out to be a forgery. At Redd’s shop, he replaced it with another fake graceful painting!

After getting some coffee at the Roost, Brewster had another gift for me: Coffee beans!

Brewster: Some coffee beans... I'll put it in your pockets for you...

While it obviously reminded me of the reward for working the part-time job in New Leaf, these coffee beans are just a regular furniture item.

On Harv’s Island, I was really confused when I saw Tortimer/Cornimer was missing!

Tortimer is not standing at his RV.

Unlike most of the other vendors here, he doesn’t visit the main island. But when I saw that Leif was also missing, that’s when I figured out the problem. I was playing after 11 p.m., so those two must have already closed up shop for the night. (I usually visit Harv’s Island before that time.)

Today, Nook Shopping had a dormant volcano for sale! The price was steep at 97,000 bells, but this a cool item to have…even if I have no current plans for it.

Dormant volcano: 97,000 bells.

Jolly Redd’s ship was parked at the north beach, so I checked out his works of art. He had two fake works of art, and two real ones that I didn’t need.

I did a little redecorating in my house, with my kitchen now in the room on the left. I moved all my gyroids to the basement, where there’s more space.

My gyroids as of November 17, 2021.

Here are a few other quick notes, mainly about special visitors and mysterious islands:

  • Wisp gave me a horizontal organizer yesterday.
  • I recovered Gullivarrr’s communicator yesterday, and he sent me another pirate outfit in the mail today.
  • I recently crafted a vine hanging chair. But despite what I initially thought/hoped, it doesn’t actually hang from the ceiling. 😛
  • Tuesday’s mysterious island yielded a full-grown gyroid (likely because it was raining there) in addition to the usual gyroid fragment. It was a bwongoid, if you’re wondering.
  • Today’s mysterious island was a vine island. That makes three vine islands in the last four days!

See you all next time!