Jeff's New Horizons Blog

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. 😛

Claudia surprised me today by telling me that she’s moving out of town! I didn’t try to stop her.

I received several items in the mail that I ordered for my new project, and I spent a good portion of time working on that new area. I experimented with several different layouts until I found something that I liked. But I’m not done with it, and I’m still not ready to show it.

However, I do think I’ll show it tomorrow. I ordered a couple more things, and it should all be presentable after I put those in. It still won’t be a completely finished project for a while, since I still want to add some things I don’t have in my catalog yet. But it’ll be good enough for the time being. 🙂

A balloon present I shot down contained an electric kick scooter. I thought that would be a good addition to my new area, so I kept it. 😉

As the day went on, I started having second thoughts about letting Claudia leave. Even though I’m not a big fan of hers, it just seems so soon, you know? It’s barely been a month since she moved in. And I think I’ve only pitfall’d her once?

I spoke to her repeatedly, but she never gave an option to change her mind. A quick Google search reveals you apparently need to use a second character to change a villager’s mind. And I wasn’t about to create a 2nd character just for that… I didn’t want her back that bad!

Anyway, today’s message bottle had an interesting DIY recipe inside: a leaf! You just need five clumps of weeds to make a leaf.

And in case you’re wondering, the leaf is the accessory you wear in your mouth, not the fake piece of furniture that Tortimer gives you on April Fools Day in ACCF.

One of my new rocks was in a bad location, so I destroyed it. But later on, I accidentally destroyed a different rock…one that was actually in a good location. Ugh.

Today I learned that Hornsby is a computer hacker. 😂 No wonder the villagers know so much about what we do every day!

But then he implied that he was joking, saying that he just saw that in a movie recently. Hmmm, I’m not sure what to believe. 😛

There was a meteor shower in town tonight, so I wished on several shooting stars. 🌠

Before I wrapped up my night, Claudia had one last gift for me: She taught me the “amazed” reaction. That also earned me a new achievement, for learning a total of 30 reactions.

That’s all for now, but I’ll be back with more tomorrow. Hope to see you then!