Jeff's New Horizons Blog

This morning, I caught my first Venus’ flower basket. It’s quite a unique looking creature!

Of course, I donated it to the museum.

Saharah was in town, so I bought most of her items this evening. That included a strawberry-chocolate wall, natural wooden-deck rug, yellow kilim-style carpet, and a train-station flooring.

Able Sisters had all three colors of the cavalier shirts, so I bought the blue one I needed. I’m still wearing my referee outfit for now, though. It may or may not be my Halloween costume.

Rizzo told me a good story. He said that when he first started out with D.I.Y. crafting, he once hit his finger with the hammer! And then he dropped the hammer on his toe! 😀 I wish I had been around to see that!

Speaking of crafting, I did a little of that myself today. I made Bones the perfect gift: a bone doorplate! Actually, it would be perfect for any dog. But that fact that his name is Bones makes it doubly perfect. 😛

In return, he gave me a tuna-sushi costume…which was not quite as perfect. 😛

October is winding down, so I need to be thinking about my Halloween island tour video! I still want to add a couple more small attractions first, though. I have a couple ideas in mind, but I’ll have to figure out if I have enough free pattern design slots for everything I want to do.

Reminder for people on my Switch friend roster: I am planning on having Friday Night Forest this week. Wear a costume if you’d like.

Gulliver sent me my reward in the mail today; it was a veil.

A lot of my villagers were asking me for favors. In fact, I completed five favors today, which may be a personal record for me. This is what I did:

• Took medicine to a sick Bones.
• Delivered a present from Tia to Hornsby.
• Returned a lost item to Rizzo.
• Caught a yellow perch for Agent S.
• Caught a wharf roach for Tia.

My totals displayed on the “Smile Isle” achievement card (whatever it’s called) climbed from 73 to 78 on the day. My rewards were a dance-team jacket from Bones, a cafe uniform from Hornsby, a student cap from Rizzo, a jumper work suit from Agent S, and a bicycle helmet from Tia: all clothing items. Not a single piece of furniture, let alone a villager photo!

When I put some money into the bank, my account balance reached 10 million bells for the first time. I’m not sure if the game has any long-term saving goals, but it would be hard to imagine it not having any…since all the previous games did. I should find out tomorrow if there’s a reward for 10 million.

Label was at the plaza today, and she wanted to see me wearing some “vacation” clothes. She gave me a “fischerhemd” as an example, but that didn’t help me much.

I had no idea what to wear with it, so I didn’t even go back to my house to check for clothes in storage. I just put on the top she gave me and spoke with her again. It wasn’t good enough for her, but that’s what I figured. Oh well. Maybe I’ll do better next time.

Have a great day, and I’ll see you all next time!

Yesterday, I learned the D.I.Y. recipe for a garden bench from a message bottle. I don’t have many bench recipes that actually look like benches, so I made a couple of them. I used one to replace a public bench at the amusement park, and the other one to replace the bamboo bench near Midge’s house. I think it looks better now!

Able Sisters had some impish horns for sale, so I bought them even though it doesn’t exactly go with my referee outfit. 😛 I guess I can be Jeff the evil ref now. 😛

Rizzo had the nerve to say that Forest is going overboard with the pumpkin decorations! Too bad! You better get used to it, pumpkin.

Wisp was in town, and I collected his spirits for him. When I finished, he gave me a down jacket as my reward.

Today (Monday), Gulliver was in town. Once he realized he wasn’t in space, he asked me to find the five pieces of his communicator for him.

Of course, I helped him out. He’ll be sending me a gift in the mail tomorrow.

Midge also asked me for a favor: She wanted me to catch a ribbon eel for her. I don’t like turning down requests, especially from villagers who haven’t given me their photo yet. 😉 So I told her I’d catch that eel for her.

I went diving (just to earn some Nook Miles), and Pascal showed up when I found a scallop. He asked if I ever wondered what kind of museum I’ll end up in someday. That’s kinda dark, Pascal.

Wisp was in town again tonight (that’s two nights in a row). When I gave him his spirits, he handed me a brown botanical-tile wall.

I went fishing for Midge’s eel, and it took me much longer than I expected. But I did eventually catch it. In return, Midge gave me…a shirt with camera. Oof.

Random note: I have been getting two furniture items from trees again. I’m not sure what happened for a while there, but I’m glad things are back to normal. 🎁🎁