Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Late last night, I did some diving and I caught a scallop. Pascal popped up and asked for it, and gave me a pearl in return (no mermaid recipe this time). He also had some words of wisdom about funny bones.

I also spotted Wisp in town. I collected his spirits for him, and he gave me some white honeycomb tile (flooring).

Early this morning, I attended the completion ceremony for my 7th ramp. Most of my residents were sleeping, but they were forced to attend the ceremony anyway. 😛

In the afternoon, I caught my first ocean sunfish! This thing is colossal!

After making my final preparations, I recorded my town tour! Here it is; I hope you enjoy it!

Label was in town, and I spoke with her tonight. She wanted to see me in an outdoorsy outfit, and she gave me a sleeved apron to base my outfit on. I put it on and spoke with her right away; I never put much effort into these things. But she seemed to approve of what I was wearing. She said she’ll be sending me a tailors ticket, as well as something else that she made herself. (She was going to give it to me right away, but my pockets were full).

I won’t be having Friday Night Forest this week. But instead, I may open my gate for a short while on Sunday afternoon. I’m not sure of the time yet, but check the blog or Twitter once it gets closer for details.

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

I received my jolly painting from Jolly Redd in the mail today, and I jollily rushed it over to the museum. Blathers informed me that it was the real deal. 🙂

The three large items at Nook’s Cranny were all bathroom-related. Well, sort of. There was a squat toilet, a simple panel (okay, this one is a stretch, but it could work as a screen to provide some privacy), and a cypress bathtub. I bought all three for my upstairs room, which has basically become a large bathroom. 😛

Saharah was in town, so I bought mysterious wallpaper and flooring from her. They turned out to be a white-chocolate wall and berry-chocolates flooring. As sweet as they may be, I didn’t keep either one of them. I’m afraid the steam from the bathtub may melt the walls and floor. 😉

I found 10 regular star fragments on the beach today, along with one large star fragment, and two Cancer fragments. That’s one of my largest star fragment hauls yet.

I visited Rizzo today, and I gave him a special gift.

Holey socks. He said he appreciated the gift, but it seemed like he could tell it wasn’t exactly the greatest gift. 😛 But that’s okay, because he’s not the greatest mouse.

Just seconds after the clock struck 7 o’clock (the exact time that scorpions start spawning), a completely hidden scorpion came out from behind one tree, as I was shaking a different tree (while holding a net). I didn’t even see it coming, so I was quite surprised when I collapsed!

I’m just about ready to make my town tour video, and I’m planning on recording it tomorrow (if it’s sunny in Forest). As I was planning out the path I’m going to take, I decided to add in another ramp on the east end of Eagle Mountain. Getting around on my cliffs is going to be so much easier now, thanks not just to this ramp, but also the other ramp and bridge I’ve added recently.

There were some more shooting stars tonight. But when I stopped to wish on one of them, I accidentally shook a cherry tree! I was trying to keep all the fruit on my trees for my town tour video, but I won’t let one fruitless tree stop me. 🍒

Update: I’m probably not going to have Friday Night Forest this week. But I might do something on Sunday afternoon instead. Stay tuned.

I found just three star fragments on the beach today. But there was another meteor shower tonight, so I wished on a bunch more shooting stars.

Apple informed me that she played single-player hide-and-seek, and she won! Well, I would sure hope so. 😛 But this is the 2nd day in a row that a villager has mentioned hide-and-seek. Could this be a hint that hide-and-seek is coming in a future update?

After I caught a spider from a tree, Keaton saw it and really wanted it!

He offered me a mesh cap for it. Getting anything at all for a spider is a good deal, so I agreed to the trade.

Redd was in town, and I checked out his works of art. One of them was clearly fake, and another looked just like a fake one that I bought before. I wasn’t sure about the other two, but I took a chance and bought a jolly painting from Jolly Redd. I’ll find out tomorrow if it’s real or not.

Near my jumping pillars, I noticed something odd. I have one space of land in the water that allows me to hop across the river (at ground level). But when moving from east to west, I could previously jump to two possible places: north of the pillar, or south of it.

But today, I could not jump to the southernmost spot! I’m not sure if this is a temporary glitch, or if last week’s update changed the jumping mechanics. Anyone encounter something similar?

Agent S taught me to make a log stool, which seems like such a basic recipe that it feels like I should have learned it months ago. 😛 But I made a couple of them for my campground area; they fit in with the log stools better than the stone stools I was using.

I have a new path that goes by Spectacle Rock, and I was surprised to see Tia up there today. I don’t normally see any villagers in that area, but maybe they can sense the new path somehow? 😛 Of course the new bridge probably helped too, but my villagers typically avoid the cliffs (except for Keaton, who lives on one).

Midge told me that she accidentally bought an extra swimming cap. So she wanted to trade it for my great white shark!

I agreed to it, just to be nice. But why is it always Midge that wants to do these super lopsided trades? (Last month, she gave me some glasses for my scorpion).

Have a good day!