Jeff's New Horizons Blog

One of today’s fossils was buried right next to my house. And then two more were right in front of Nook’s Cranny, which is essentially next door! So I basically found three out of four fossils within a 4-second walk from my house. 😀

Nook’s Cranny was selling magazines today, so I bought a bunch of them so that I could craft a magazine rack and the manga-library wall. I then customized the magazine rack to put bananas on the cover, and I gave it to Louie. 🍌

The empty house plot already had a sign on it; it’s reserved for Lopez the deer. I guess he’s okay, but I would have preferred Cheri. 😛 Oh deer. 🦌

I visited Hornsby’s house to see if he put up the fossil plaque I gave him yesterday. But it was nowhere to be found.

When I visited Apple, she informed me that she had a pet. I figured she was talking about her pet hamster that I gave her, but no. She was talking about a horned dynastid beetle, which she also named Apple.

I didn’t see any horned dynastid in her house though, so either she’s lying or she has a large beetle in her pockets. 😛

Celeste was in town, and she gave me a DIY recipe for a Gemini closet.

I made some changes to my amusement park tonight. I put in a new iron fence right along the edge of the lower path/midway, and I removed the simple wooden fence I was using in the backyards of Apple Lane residents. And after I shot down a balloon present containing a plasma ball, I thought that would look cool as an additional prize.

I later spent some Nook Miles to order more public benches, because the park needs more seating.

There was a meteor shower going on, so I wished on several shooting stars. But I spent the rest of my night catching bugs and selling them to Flick. And shortly before I ended my game for the night, Midge taught me the daydreaming reaction.

That’s all for today, but I’ll be back with another entry tomorrow. Hope to see you then. 🙂

Today, Cheri the bear cub was hanging out at the campsite. Cheri is certainly cute, and she would make a good villager… but after considering it briefly, I did not invite her to move in. I may not have empty spots in town very often, so I only want to use them if it’s for one of my absolute favorite villagers.

Besides, it might be a bit confusing having Cheri and Shari both in town, since I would pronounce them both the same in my head. 😛 But if she ended up being a random move-in, I wouldn’t complain.

When I tried to speak with Rizzo, he basically shushed me.

He had his eye on a bug, so I watched him try (and fail) to catch it. So that was amusing. 😛 That’s what he gets for telling me to simmer down. 😛

Leif was in town, and I bought a couple dozen white pansies from him, for some of my eastern paths. I also bought a few shrubs for my amusement park, since the tree I planted wasn’t growing.

By the way, I originally thought Leif was only going to appear during the Nature Day (Earth Day) event, so I’m glad that’s not the case. Even though I generally don’t use a lot of shrubs, it is nice to have extra variety in the types of flowers seeds available.

I completed a Stamp Rally at the museum (just the fossil one), and I decided to give the fossil plaque to Hornsby. However, he seemed a bit confused by what it was. First, he said there are lots of things like it, and then he wondered what his “bug friends” would think of it? Does he think it’s a bug? Or does he mean that some of his friends are bugs, and they would enjoy it? I don’t quite understand. 😀

He gave me 450 bells for it, which is actually more than the Nooklings pay.

Louie had a treasure hunt for me, and he gave me six minutes to find the buried item. I had trouble finding it, and I used up five minutes and 16 seconds before I finally spotted the item near my bamboo waterslide noodle slide.

I took it back to Louie, and he opened it up for me. There was a stache & glasses inside. I tried it on, and hopefully, this will be the only time I ever wear it.

Just a heads-up that I do plan on having Friday Night Forest this week, for people on my roster.

I received some items I ordered, and I put them in my new area…which is a small amusement park. The teacup ride is really the only ride I have for now, and I’m not even sure if others are in the game. But I also have a games area, including a jokey “Guess your IQ” stand with a colorful wheel (with numbers that only go up to 8). 😂

The possible prizes are next to that, with a scooter, football jersey, Nintendo Switch, and a stuffed baby bear as prizes. I actually had a basketball as one prize, but Nook’s Cranny had the baby bear today, so I thought that would be even better.

Further to the right, there are arcade-style games with pinball, darts, foosball, and a ring toss. There’s also a food/snack area, with vending machines, cotton candy, a table with chairs to sit down at.

I know amusement parks and fairs are a fairly common thing that people create in towns, and even one of the game’s commercials showed one. But I’m a big fan of amusement parks myself, and I thought it would make a nice addition to my town. I will likely add more to it in the future, as I acquire more items. I do have a bit more room to the west of the teacup ride. But I’m pretty happy with this area for now.

Anyway, today was Claudia’s last day in town. I made sure to say goodbye to her. I probably should have let her stay a bit longer, but oh well. This opens up the door for getting another villager, and that’s a good thing.

The orange windflowers near Tia’s house have bloomed. I’m still not a big fan of them, but I think I’ll keep them for now…at least in this area. I don’t plan on planting any more of them elsewhere in town, though.

Speaking of blooming, the rest of my pink-azalea shrubs have bloomed in Peach Park. So I took an updated picture. By the way, this park is right across the bridge from my new amusement park. The houses you see in the background belong to Claudia (for a few more hours, at least) and Rizzo.

In other news, Louie told me he missed a planned meet-up with Agent S because he couldn’t stop looking at his muscles in the mirror.

Agent S, Keaton, and Midge were all sitting at the plaza this evening. I managed to catch them all taking a drink at the same time. 🙂

A few other quick notes about today:

• I returned a lost item to Agent S, and she rewarded me with a concierge uniform.
• I found seven star fragments on the beach.
• I got a mummy outfit from a balloon present. I’m saving it for Halloween.
• I bought an office wall and dark-chocolates flooring from Saharah.

My town is coming together, and I can’t wait until I’m ready for a town tour. But there’s still more to be done first… I just have no idea what’s next. 😛