Duck Playing in the Rain

Yesterday, Label was in town, and she wanted to see me in a vacation outfit. I always seem to struggle with this theme, but she gave me a peasant blouse to use as an example. I added some soccer shorts, a skateboarding helmet, and some moccasin boots. Label said I captured the vacation look, and she gave me some Labelle socks.

Label: Oh, wow! You've really captured the vacation look. Even the details are on point.

My bank account balance reached 58 million bells yesterday (May 26th).

Today, Label only sent me one tailors ticket in the mail, so I apparently didn’t do as well as I initially thought yesterday.

Anchovy was camping up at the campsite. I already have him in Wild World, so I don’t need him on my pizza. I mean, on my island. 😛

Anchovy, at the campsite: Do you camp? You gotta try it sometime. It's like being inside, except you're outside, chuurp!

When I walked into Marina’s house today, I didn’t find Midge. Instead, I found Punchy awkwardly standing directly behind Marina, for several seconds without moving. It was weird.

Punchy standing right behind Marina.
Is he sniffing her hair? Er…head? Bow?

Over in Sudden Valley, I saw Ketchup running around, having lots of fun playing in the rain when she didn’t know I was watching. It was just so cute. 😊

Ketchup running around in the rain.

Later, I attended K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show at the plaza. He performed K.K. Dixie for me, Bones, Louie, and Midge.

K.K.: Right on. I'm tuned up and ready to roll. Who's in the mood for a little K.K. Dixie?

I then completed a few Nook Miles+ achievements, and I prepared my first tomato bagel sandwich before wrapping up my night.

Rainy Week

It was raining on Monday, so I decided to use a tailors ticket to buy a raincoat. I also ended up buying a matching wrestling mask. 😛

Mabel: Looking sharp! Thanks so much!

I later found Midge hanging out in Marina’s house (at the site of Midge’s former house) once again. She even said the house seemed so comfortable. Why do I get the feeling this feud is about to escalate, and I’m going to find a dead octopus buried on the beach one of these days? I hope I’m wrong. 😛

Midge: Her home is just so...comfortable! Maybe that's because I get along so well with Marina...

It’s been raining most of the week, and all the excess flower buds popping up are starting to drive me crazy. But I took advantage of one positive aspect of the rain last night: I caught a coelacanth.

Me, holding a coelacanth: Blast from the past!

Surprisingly, I’ve learned two new recipes this week! Static taught me how to make a tomato bagel sandwich on Monday, and Marina gave me a recipe for veggie cupcakes last night. I just haven’t bothered to make either of them yet. Oops.

YUM! Now I can make some veggie cupcakes!

Today, C.J. was in town, and he wanted me to catch three big-time fish. So I caught two black bass and a dace to complete the seasports challenge. Those fish didn’t sell for much of course, but C.J. paid me 22,500 just for my coelacanth alone. 🙂

C.J.: Way to wreck that seasports challenge! What a haul!

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

  • On Sunday, I caught a man-faced stink bug for Static, and he gave me another copy of his photo.
  • Wisp gave me some hanging stage lights Sunday night, and a pink painted-wood wall tonight.
  • Gullivarrr was in town yesterday, and he sent me a pirate rug today.

Stamp Rally 2023

It was raining in Forest tonight, and Rio warned me to be careful.

Rio: We've got a rainy night tonight! Have fun out here, but be super careful, viva!

Over at the plaza, I joined Static for K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. K.K. D&B was the random song tonight.

K.K.: Right on. I'm tuned up and ready to roll. Who's in the mood for a little K.K. D&B?

Up on Rainbow Road, I ran into Midge. She seemed a little too excited about digging holes and plunging her shovel into the pristine ground. Is she thinking about digging a grave for Marina? 😮

Midge: Doesn't it feel great, just digging? That feeling, when your shovel first breaks the ground, is just...sublime.
I feel like this is the start of her becoming a serial killer.

The Stamp Rally is underway, and I found the stations in the art gallery.

The 18th and 19th centuries brought us rococo and romanticism. I could stare at those styles all day!

After collecting all the art stamps, I redeemed my card for an art plaque. Of course, I’ve earned these before, so I didn’t feel the need to stamp my cards for the other galleries.

The art stamps for the stamp rally.

Just a few other quick notes about the last few days:

  • On Thursday, I sold my remaining turnips for 155 bells apiece.
  • I also sold five bugs to Flick for 44k.
  • Yesterday, I sold 15k worth of fish to C.J.

See you all next time!