Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Last last night, I caught a few more new fish to donate to the museum. That included the arowana, giant trevally, and the saddled bichir.

Today, Agent S told me that her favorite musician is K.K., and her favorite song is the bonus track on the purple vinyl edition of his third album. In other words, K.K. Synth. And yet, that’s not the song she plays in her house.

Today’s message bottle contained a DIY recipe for a pitfall seed. I’ll leave this by airport, so that if any visitors need it, they can take it.

Leif was in town today, and I bought one shrub and four five-packs of flower seeds from him.

Out on Harv’s island, Reese again wanted photos of a wedding ceremony. While that was a repeat of the first day, there were still two new items added: a wedding flower stand and a wedding candle set.

But I wasn’t interested in decorating a serious wedding ceremony again. So I did things a little differently. For one thing, Reese is marrying Zipper T. Bunny this time. Or at least, the wobbling Zipper toy. Reese was tired of Cyrus trying to change her, under the guise of making “customizations.”

But for the ceremony, Cyrus has returned to his early-New Leaf status of sleeping through everything. So while he’s dreaming of tools and nails, and sandblasting pails, he’s missing out on the most important day of Reese’s life.

Reese stared deeply into Zipper’s blank, soulless eyes, knowing that Zipper will always be there for her. He’ll never take his eyes off her…mainly because he can’t physically blink, but still. I’m sure they’ll live happily ever after, and make some lovely Reese’s peanut butter eggs. Good luck to the new couple!

When the ceremony was over, Reese only had one complaint. Not that she married Zipper, and not that Cyrus slept through the whole thing. She only complained that I didn’t match up the colors better.

She gave me a wedding flower stand, and also some more heart crystals. And of course, she wants me to come back again tomorrow. I feel like I’m being forced to play Happy Home Designer with this event, and I really don’t like it. I just want to unlock all the wedding furniture for my catalog and be done with it. We’ll see how many days that takes.

Redd sent me my perfect painting in the mail, so I rushed it over to the museum. Blathers informed me that it was real! 🙂 From its spot in the art gallery, you can actually see all three of my paintings so far.

Just a heads-up about seashells: New (blue) summer shells can now be found on the beach. And of course, there are new recipes that require them. So pick them up and save them if you see them!

Agent S talked about the idea of frosting a cupcake with toothpaste and watching someone take a bite. A cruel prank perhaps, but she just used it as an example to teach me the mischief reaction. She better watch out for toothpaste-frosted acorns now! 😉

Saharah was in town, and I bought an exquisite wall and flowing-river flooring from her. I already had the flowing-river flooring, but I think I’ll hang onto it and use it as a prize for Friday Night Forest. I think I’ll have another obstacle course tournament, if people are interested. That’s because I think I’ll be removing my obstacle course soon. I have a new idea for something else I want to make in Forest, and I’ll need that space to make it.

At town hall, I used the Nook Stop to check out the new seasonal items. They include a handmade cape and handmade crown (both for International Children’s Day), and a thank-you Dad mug (for Father’s Day).

Celeste was in town tonight. I talked to her repeatedly, but she didn’t have any new recipes for me. So why even visit? 🤷

Apple gave me a free viking helmet, so I put it on for the time being.

Out on Harv’s island, Reese wanted to take some photos of a wedding reception.

Some new items were available, including a wedding table, wedding chair, and wedding-party wall. I don’t particularly enjoy designing rooms, especially when it’s just a temporary thing and not part of my house. I wasn’t a big fan of Happy Home Designer either. But I quickly threw a room together using just the supplied items. 😛

Reese gave me a wedding table for my help, along with some more heart crystals as well.

As I was leaving the island, Wilbur informed me that Dodo Airlines now dabbles in item delivery and liquidation. So apparently you can ship some of your pocket items home through the mail, or sell them to Wilbur at 80% value (just like you’d get from the drop box at Nook’s Cranny).

Back at home, my black rose count is up to eleven, and my flower garden was filling up. So I decided to line the path in front of my house with them.

Even though I really like red hyacinths, I kinda went overboard with them at the beginning. So I’m (slowly) trying to replace some of them with other flowers, so there’s a bit more variety around town.

I caught a few new fish for the museum today, including the gar, ribbon eel, tilapia, and hammerhead shark.

Today is Keaton’s birthday, so I headed up to Eagle Mountain to attend his birthday party. Tia was also there to help him celebrate. I gave him a retro fan that I bought at Nook’s Cranny, and I think it blew him away.

Back outside, I saw a large dragonfly and I chased it around. Once I got to the beach, I caught it! It was my first banded dragonfly!

Crazy Jolly Redd’s ship was in town, and I bought a perfect painting from him. I also bought a beach ball for my beach.

I was standing near that beach ball when I caught my first whale shark. The arrival of June has brought shark season to New Horizons! Yay!

The funny thing is that I didn’t even know that was a shark before I caught it. The shark fins in this game aren’t as obvious as they were in earlier games…especially if fishing to the south (the fin gets lost in their shadow). This is what my whale shark shadow looked like:

If you’re fishing on the east or west coasts, they’re easier to spot. Although, the new suckerfish also has a fin…so it doesn’t always guarantee a shark.

Rizzo the rat was eating ice cream on the beach, and he complained about me banging my shovel on the rocks yesterday! How rude!

Just for that, I planted a pitfall for him. But to my surprise, he stayed there for a while. Apple even joined him, and she also whipped out an ice cream bar. After about four and a half minutes, Rizzo finally got up and pitfall’d himself. 😛

June is also wedding season, and Harvey has a special event on his island, Photopia. Reese and Cyrus can be found there, and they want to re-create photos of their wedding day.

Cyrus made several wedding-themed items, and we can use them (along with anything else in our catalog) to decorate the room. I just used the items he supplied, and then took the picture.

As a reward for helping them out, Reese gave me a wedding bench and some heart crystals. The heart crystals are basically currency that you can use to buy Cyrus’ other wedding items.

Reese asked me to help out again tomorrow. It seems like you can keep helping them each day in June to earn more heart crystals. I’ll probably keep coming back until I’m able to buy all of the items for my catalog.

It was a pretty busy day in New Horizons for me. In total, I had six new catches for the museum: a banded dragonfly, dorado, drone beetle, firefly, suckerfish, and the whale shark. Good luck with your shark and beetle hunting, everyone! See you next time. 🙂