Dangerous Midge

Celeste was in town Monday night, and she gave me a new DIY recipe for a lunar lander.

SWEET! I learned a DIY recipe for a lunar lander!

I later made one for my space room upstairs.

Yesterday, C.J. was in town. He wanted me to catch three big-time fish in a row, so I caught two black bass and a carp to complete the challenge. I then grabbed five fish (mostly sharks) out of storage and sold them to C.J. in Peach Park for 75,000 bells.

C.J.: Oh, you got a whole school for me? All together that'll be... 75,000 bells. Deal?

Today, I found a lost item on the King Tut race course. It turned out to be Eloise’s planner, and she gave me some coveralls with arm covers to thank me for returning it.

Eloise: I'm sorry to give you more to carry... but for helping me, you should have some coveralls with arm covers.

Gullivarrr was today’s special visitor. I went diving for his communicator, and I found it on my first dive! He called his buddies to be rescued, but in the meantime, he had nothing to do but practice his “mean” face. 😛

Gullivarrr: Ahhh, that takes a load off! Nothin' left to do but wander this here beach and look mean. Here I go! ARRR!

Midge told me that a dragonfly whizzed past her window today, and it startled her so much that she squished the apple in her hand! She was surprised by her own strength, and she thought she could be a danger to others…in the sky. 😛

Midge: I never knew I had that kind of strength. I could be a danger to myself and others, in the sky!

The latest game update went live tonight. It (re-)adds the fireworks festivals for this year, as well as some upcoming seasonal items we’ll get over the next couple months. But I didn’t notice any immediate changes, except for a new post to the bulletin board reminding us of the fireworks festival coming up on Sunday.

*Upcoming Fireworks Shows!* I hope you'll join us every Sunday in August for a fireworks show! We'll get things started at 7 PM when it's dark enough. Come and join in the fun, hm? Yes, yes! -Tom Nook

There will again be five fireworks festivals this year.

Gold Bug Trophy

Flick sent me a letter in the mail today, congratulating me for accumulating 300 Bug-Off points. He said my journey toward True Infestation is almost complete…although I have no idea what that part means.

To the bug-favored Jeff, Thanks for participating in the Bug-Off! You scored at least 300 points, so I've included your prize! Your journey toward True Infestation is almost complete! -Your Bug-Off host, Flick

He sent me the gold bug trophy, and I displayed it in my house. Eventually, I should find a better place for it than my bathroom floor, but this will do for now. 😛 I get so lazy when it comes to decorating the inside of my house.

My silver fish trophy and (new) gold bug trophy.

A few minutes later, I thought I was catching a shark…but it turned out to be an ocean sunfish instead. In this picture, it looks like I’m just casually tossing it up in the air. 😛

Catching an ocean sunfish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

At Able Sisters, Hornsby “bragged” that he knows how to wear hats. 😛

Hornsby: I don't wanna brag, but I know how to wear hats.

He was hinting that he wanted the tweed cap there, so I bought it for him. He put it on, thanked me, and gave me a tee dress.

Since I only needed one more house remodel to finish a Nook Miles achievement, I told Tom Nook to make my house yellow. That will (sort of) match the sand for my King Tut race that goes right behind my house…and I’ll get the Nook Miles tomorrow.

Would you like to place this order?

K.K. Slider was in town, so I asked him for a random song. He played K.K. Groove for me, Apple, and Midge.

Leopold the lion was camping at the campsite. He’s a nice guy and all, but I was not interested in having him move here.

Leopold holds a donut while camping on my island in ACNH.

I noticed that I only needed to dig up four more clams to complete the “Clam and Collection” achievement, so I went ahead and did that. It earned me 3,000 Nook Miles.

Clam and Collected: All five goals completed.

There are still a lot of Nook Miles goals I have yet to complete, so I may start paying more attention to some of them. But there are a few that honestly might take me another year or two.

Just a heads-up for people on my roster: Most likely, I will not have Friday Night Forest this upcoming week. But instead, I plan on opening next Sunday, August 1st (a week from tonight) for the first fireworks festival of the year.

See you next time!

Scarred Bones

Yesterday, Apple suggested playing a treasure hunt game. She gave me six minutes to find the buried item, but I didn’t even need one minute to track it down.

I dig up some treasure with 5:10 remaining on the timer.

I took it back to Apple, she gave me the item: a tiger-face tee dress.

Gulliver was washed up on the beach, so I woke him up and collected his phone parts for him.

Gulliver wakes up on the beach.

I received my reward from him in the mail today; it was a nutcracker (a red one).

The July Bug-Off was held today, so I met up with Flick at the plaza to get it started. On my first run, I caught seven bugs (two of which were banded dragonflies!), which gave me a total of nine points.

On my second run, I scored 10 points. But more importantly, my all-time point total surpassed 300, so Flick will be sending me a prize in the mail tomorrow!

Flick: That means... Oh! Your total points from all the Bug-Offs now adds up to at least 300!

I played three more rounds, scoring 7 points, 11 points, and 12 points, respectively. I had 51 points in my pool, so I redeemed them for five prizes: two ladybug umbrellas, a spider doorplate, a toy centipede, and an artisanal bug cage.

When I visited Bones, he told me that he has a scar on his face from a tragic book accident. He was reading a popup book, and the castle foldout popped up and injured him. 😛

Bones: I opened it, and the castle foldout popped up. But I guess I wasn't holding the book far away enough...

Midge also had a book story for me today. She said she was reading a novel from the library (wait, since when does this island have a library?), and she found an odd note inside. The note said that balloons won’t pop from a mosquito bite.

Midge: I read the note. It said, Balloons won't break from a mosquito bite. Seriously weird, in the sky.

Midge was so perplexed by the note that she couldn’t concentrate on the book any more.

K.K. was a no-show in town tonight, thanks to the Bug-Off. But he should be around tomorrow instead. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!