Thick Fog

I found Bob in the Roost Saturday night, and he gave me some unusual advice about not using hot coffee to heat up creamed spinach. 🤢

Bob: I know what you're thinking, and it's a bad idea. Do NOT use hot coffee to heat up creamed spinach for dinner.

I don’t think anyone would ever think to do that, Bob. That’s not something you need to worry about.

K.K. Slider was in town, and he performed “Pondering” for me. No other villagers came to the show, and I was pondering why. 😛

On Monday morning, I saw what had to be the heaviest fog I’ve seen in the game to date. Of course, I don’t often play in the morning, so I probably miss out on a lot of it. But still, it was pretty cool to see!

A foggy view from the beach.
A thick fog surrounds Resident Services.

Later that night, Rio pinged me as I was in mid-air, entering a warp pipe! 😆

Rio: Hey! It's Jeff!

I immediately returned, and she still had the ping active. She wanted to buy my cat tower for 975 bells, and I agreed to the exchange.

As I’ve mentioned before, my villagers have continued to comment on the spooky decorations I’ve put up in town. Today, Midge suggested I even have pumpkins in the sky! That part is a bit of an exaggeration, though. (Maybe I would, if I could!)

Midge: Pumpkins to the left, and pumpkins to the right, and pumpkins all over, in the sky.

Rio was sick with a cold today, so I crafted some medicine for her. Once I gave it to her, she thanked me by giving me a delivery jacket.

I have a couple of announcements. First of all, I am planning on inviting a couple people over to test out my latest obstacle course either tomorrow or Friday, in the late afternoon/early evening. I will reach out on Twitter when I’m ready to see who’s available at that time. (You may or may not be in an upcoming video if you come. No promises.)

And to re-confirm, I am still planning on having Friday Night Forest at 10 p.m. Eastern time (on Friday, obviously). Anyone on my roster is free to come. We can do some obstacle course races then too. Feel free to come in Halloween costumes, even though the obstacle course itself is not Halloween themed.

See you next time!

Decorating for Halloween

I recently finished up my Halloween area for this year. I made a jack-o’-lantern made out of orange flowers, with some other spooky furniture around the area.

My Halloween area for 2023.

Last night, Wisp was in town and I recovered his spirits for him. In return, he gave me a conveyor belt.

Many of my villagers have been commenting on the abundance of Halloween decorations in town. Even if they’ve been limited to just one area. Static still wondered if I’m going overboard with it.

Static: I'm startin' to wonder if this place is going a bit overboard with all the pumpkin decorations, so I bolted.
No.

Today, Pekoe the bear cub was hanging out at the campsite. She’s cute, but I didn’t ask her to move in.

Pekoe: Where are my manners? Sorry--my name's Pekoe.

Ketchup was talking about how much she enjoys having pets, and how special they make her feel. Aww, how cute. 🙂

Ketchup: You know what helps? Pets! I love pets. They have a way of making you feel like the specialest person ever.

Label was in town, and she wanted to see me in a goth outfit…one that I might wear on Halloween. She’s got some good timing. 🎃 She gave me a vampire outfit to use as an example, but I decided to remove all my skin and just go as a skeleton. 😛

Label judges my skeleton.

I wasn’t sure what footwear to use, but I tried the antique boots, and they worked fine. Label loved the outfit, and she gave me a Labelle cap.

I posted my latest New Horizons Moments video today, and it shows highlights from the past two months or so. It also takes a closer look at my Halloween decorations (and how it shows up on the map). I hope you’ll check it out. 🙂

Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you all again soon!

Gold Fish Trophy

On Sunday, C.J. sent me a letter congratulating me on accumulating 300 fishing tournament points. He sent me my gold fish trophy, at last!

Flyfisher Jeff, If you're fishin' for compliments, you got it. Your casting is fintastic. Your pool of 300 net points in the Fishing Tourney is oceanic. And this trophy I'm sending could be a ship's figurehead. Congratulations! You're a keeper! -C.J.

I put it in my bathroom, next to my gold bug trophy. 🙂

My gold fish trophy and gold bug trophy in my bathroom.

K.K. Slider was in town for a Sunday show, and I told him I was feeling good. He performed K.K. Ragtime for me, Rio, and Ankha.

Ankha, Jeff, and Rio attend a K.K. Slider concert.
Ankha was thrilled.

I refurbished the exterior of my house so that it’s black and orange for Halloween. Like it?

My black and orange house exterior for Halloween.

After helping Gulliver yesterday, he sent me another sombrero today. I’m so sick of the sombreros, though; he sends me so many of those!

Punchy asked me if I was interested in a treasure-hunting game today, and I agreed to play. It’s been a while since I’ve played one of these! Unfortunately, he only gave me three minutes to find the treasure…and I failed miserably. I did eventually find it, behind a tree behind Resident Services…but it was far too late. Punchy didn’t let me keep it. 😛

Punchy: That treasure you've got is a thing I buried for the treasure hunt. So gimme!

I shot down a balloon present that contained some ketchup-fried rice, and I knew just what to do with it: I gave it to Ketchup, of course!

Ketchup: Some ketchup fried rice?! For me?! WOW!

In return, she gave me a fortune-telling set. I didn’t see that coming.

See you next time! Never Stop Crossing! 🙂