Jeff's New Horizons Blog

On Monday, Rio told me that she recently had an argument with Agent S. So she asked me to deliver a gift to smooth things over. I hopped over to the squirrel’s house and handed over the present. It was a metal can, which seemed a bit minimalist (to put it nicely).

Her response seemed a little too enthusiastic for just a can, so I wondered if she was being sarcastic. Her next bit of dialogue also seemed to indicate that she knows the gift was junk. 😆

Tuesday was October 1st, and we’re now headed into Halloween season. Jack (the czar of Halloween) sent me a letter reminding me to prepare for the event. He also sent me his portrait.

Candy is now available at Nook’s Cranny (along with spooky furniture), and the shop has also started decorating for the holiday.

On Thursday, Ed the horse was camping over at the campsite. This is the 2nd time he has camped here (the first time was in November 2023).

Tonight, I went over to the plaza for K.K. Slider’s concert. June, Louie, Rio, and Agent S joined me for a performance of “K.K. Reggae.” After the show, Agent S told me the best thing about autumn:

Next, I flew out to Harv’s island, where I paid Katrina 1,000 bells to tell my fortune.

She told me that my health will diminish!

She insisted that something unfortunate might happen today, but fortunately she knew how to purify me. 😛 For a fee, of course.

I agreed to it, because I thought she might give me a rare item or something. She told me to close my eyes, while she let out a scream.

…and that was it. She said I’d be fine now. I didn’t even get a lucky hat out of it. 😛 Oh well.

After that bit of excitement, I wrapped up my game for the night. But here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• Last Sunday, K.K. performed Hypno K.K. for me, Ankha, Merengue, and Bob.
• I helped out Gullivarrr on Monday, and he sent me a sea captain’s coat on Tuesday.
• Yesterday, I shot down a balloon present that contained 30,000 bells. Those are pretty rare, but always a pleasant surprise! 💰

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I’ll see you next time!

Sunday was Ankha’s birthday, so I crafted a Scorpio lamp for her. She was really excited to receive it; she seemed to know it was a valuable gift.

I know she’s not a Scorpio, but it was gold…and it was something I hadn’t crafted before, so I wanted to check it off my list. 😆 Anyway, Static was also at the party.

Over by Resident Services, Bob, Ketchup, and Merengue were enjoying a barbecue! It looked good!

On Wednesday, Samson the mouse was camping at the campsite. He was talking like he wanted to wrestle! 😆

Today, Flick hosted the final Bug-Off of the year. In the span of three minutes, I caught 11 bugs and scored 13 points. Not bad, I guess. But I decided to give it another try, and my second attempt went even better. Here is a video if you’d like to see the full round:

I scored a personal-best 19 points! My previous best was just 16, from back in August 2021. But admittedly, I haven’t played a lot of Bug-Off rounds, especially in the past couple years.

After selling my bugs, I redeemed my points for some prizes. I got a ladybug rug, a spider doorplate, a toy cockroach, and a bug aloha shirt. I put the doorplate on my house door (perfect for Halloween season), and I decided to wear the shirt. As for the other two items, I just sold them. I didn’t really have a need for a cockroach right now. (And I already have one of the rugs in storage.)

Later, I saw Static and Ketchup chasing the same butterfly!

Ketchup swung her net, and missed, of course. So then I was afraid Static was going to hit Ketchup! He did…sort of. But his net kinda went through Ketchup instead of hitting her, so it wasn’t as violent (or funny) as I hoped. 😛 But I’ll be sure to include that clip in a future video.

Due to the Bug-Off, K.K. Slider was not in town tonight. But here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• Wisp gave me a shoji screen on Sunday.
• On Tuesday, I played a treasure hunt game with Static. I dug up a wide-brim straw hat.
• Gulliver sent me an elder mask on Wednesday.
• On Thursday, I sold 23 bugs to Flick for 160k bells.

I’ll see you next time!

On Monday, I visited Louie’s house and found Ankha was also visiting him. Ankha said it was a pleasant surprise to see me there, in her tomb.

It’s not your tomb, Ankha! It’s Louie’s tomb! Uh, I mean, Louie’s house.

Over at the plaza, June told me that she loves making fresh-squeezed apple juice…in her hair! She wanted me to be her taste-tester, but hair juice isn’t my style.

Last week, I mentioned that I actually learned a new D.I.Y. recipe for the first time in a long time. But this week (on Tuesday), I learned another one! It was for a cosmos crown.

On Thursday, Cleo the horse was camping at the campsite. I really liked the color of her dress, which is apparently a floral lace dress.

But I was never a fan of her on GameCube; her snootiness always rubbed me the wrong way. Having her clip-clopping around town would almost be a night mare. 😉 (Okay, she’s not really that bad, but I still didn’t invite her in.)

But speaking of nightmares, Merengue was telling Ketchup that she had a dream about a spaghetti faucet…

Ketchup told her she should dream up some sauce faucets so she had something to put on the spaghetti, and Merengue was trying to think of a good sauce. She even mentioned a tomato sauce, and I’m 90% sure she was thinking about eating Ketchup in that moment. 😆

Tonight, I attended K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show at the plaza. I let him choose the song (as I usually do), and he performed K.K. Mariachi for me and Ankha.

I posted a new video today, New Horizons Moments #28. It features highlights from late June up through this week. I hope you’ll check it out!

I’ll see you all next time!