Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, Punchy gave me a free denim cap, and he told me to “go be a fashion person now.” 😆

It actually did match my outfit, so I decided to keep it on.

K.K. Slider was in town, and he performed “Two Days Ago” for me and Ankha. But Ankha kept her eyes closed for almost the entire show!

Today is Marina’s birthday, and I crafted a mermaid dresser for her. With her being an octopus, I was hoping she’d appreciate the aquatic theme.

I headed over to her party, and she seemed to enjoy the gift. She even commented on how expensive it was.

Louie was also there to help Marina celebrate, just like last year. But there was no sign of Midge… 😛

I saw a big shadow in the river, and I fished out an arapaima! The best part is that I caught another one about 15 minutes later!

Tex the penguin was camping at the campsite. I’ve had him in New Leaf before, and I’m not really a fan. His eyes look like stickers, and his beak looks like it’s made of chrome. 😛

On the bright side, at least the black skin under his beak doesn’t look as much like a mustache and/or beard, like it did in New Leaf. 😛

I found Gullivarrr on the beach, and I went diving to search for his communicator. It took me three dives to find it, and he’ll be sending me a reward in the mail.

Yesterday, I posted a 40-minute gameplay video of me grinding for Nook Miles (not that I needed them, haha) during a thunderstorm. If you’re interested, you can check that out here:

And just a reminder that I plan on hosting Friday Night Forest this week (Friday, June 30th at 10 p.m. EDT). Anyone on my roster is welcome, but I’m not looking to add anyone new now, sorry.

See you all later in the week. Have a great day!

Flick was in town on Thursday, and I had 24 bugs to sell him. He gave me nearly 140k for them all. Nice. 🙂

Yesterday, the Nooklings were paying 123 bells for turnips. It was too late in the week to risk waiting for something higher, so I sold them at that price for a total of 249,690 bells. (That included 30 free turnips that I picked up at the hospital on Monday.)

Thanks to Xavier’s help, my poster wall is now complete. Rizzo and Beardo almost look as if they can see the cannon pointed at them. Rizzo is half turning away while looking scared, and Beardo can’t even bear to watch. 😆

Thanks again, Xavier for five of the posters, and Alex for the idea. 🙂

The June Bug-Off was held today, and I participated in three rounds. In the first round, I was doing well, and I even caught a banded dragonfly. Of course, it helped that it got hung up on the bridge, but I’ll take it. 😆

I ended up catching 12 bugs, which equated to 14 points. My 2nd round went awfully bad; I kept scaring away a bunch of ground/flower bugs, and I even missed an ant! How does that even happen? How could I fail to catch a snail? …I mean ant. 😉 My third round went a bit better, but not as good as round one. Anyway, here are the complete results of my three rounds:

• Round 1: 12 bugs, 14 points, 10,860 bells 😎
• Round 2: 5 bugs, 7 points, 1,020 bells 🤦‍♂️
• Round 3: 9 bugs, 11 points, 7,905 bells 🙂

I redeemed 30 of my points for rewards. I scored a bug cage, a butterflies wall, and…another bug cage. How exciting. 🥱

And wouldn’t you know it, the first bug I caught after the Bug-Off caused my net to break. 😛

The bells I earned from selling bugs and turnips this week helped my bank account balance grow. I hit the 60 million bell mark tonight. 🙂

K.K. wasn’t in town tonight, due to the Bug-Off. See you all again next time!

On Sunday morning, a bowl of turnips just barely caught my eye as I ran past, moving around behind my cliff. 😆 It was Daisy Mae’s head, of course. 😛

She was selling turnips for 96 bells apiece (a pretty good price), and I bought 2,000 of them for a total of 192,000 bells.

On Sunday night, I found Pascal while diving in the ocean. He told me that trees are Earth hair, grass makes a beard, and deserts are bald spots. Perhaps this wasn’t his deepest bit of wisdom. 😛

There was a thunderstorm underway, so I decided to record some gameplay of myself grinding for Nook Miles during the storm. I may post that video this weekend.

I also helped Wisp out by recovering his spirits, and he gave me a stewpot. (Just need to take it home, add some broth, a potato…and baby, you got a stew going.) 😉

Today, C.J. was in town, and he wanted me to catch three big-time fish. I caught a sea bass, a catfish, and a red snapper to complete his challenge. I then sold him nine fish for 26,100 bells. I didn’t have any sharks for him this time, so that total wasn’t very impressive.

My wall of posters of former villagers is nearing completion. Xavier is ordering me several of the posters for me that I didn’t have in my catalog. Thank you, Xavier! 😊 But the funny thing is, when I put the posters in two equal rows, in sequential order based on when they left, Beardo will be directly beneath Rizzo. So one cannon shot can shoot them both! 😆 So convenient!

Are there any of these of these villagers you completely forgot I had in my town? I still regret not keeping Claudia longer. And yes, Midge will eventually have two posters up, assuming I keep this wall up long enough.

I recently posted a video of what it’d be like if Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom characters (I almost typed villagers 😆) narrated Animal Crossing. If you haven’t seen it, here it is. Hopefully it will give you a laugh or two (or at least a smile). Enjoy!

By the way, I’m not having Friday Night Forest this week, but I am planning on it for next week (June 30th). It’s been a while! We will be sure to test out my new (small) obstacle course I mentioned previously, and it will be the last time racing on my vaulting pole race.

One other thing I want to mention: I no longer use the “Also on JVGS” sidebar that shows my latest blog entries, because the plugin I was using caused some problems (and slowed down my whole site). But I still list my latest 5-6 blog entries on the JVGS home page, so check there if you want to see what’s new.

I’ll be back with another entry later in the week (likely on Saturday, for the first Bug-Off of the year). See you soon! 🙂