Jeff's New Horizons Blog

On Saturday, I spotted Phil floating on an inner tube out on Lottie’s Island. The sky was pretty, with the cumulonimbus clouds, and the sun preparing to set for the day.

K.K. Slider performed K.K. Safari for me, Bones, Marina, and Hornsby. Marina mentioned that it was nice that everyone stops to watch the sunset eight times. 😛

Just a heads-up that there are multiple salmon recipes. So don’t stop fishing after you get the first one; you’ll get three more recipes after catching several more salmon.

Yesterday, I found a lost item (a book) on the ground. But when I went to investigate, there was no hint! It just said “Someone lost this..”

I asked Rio about it, and it belonged to her; I got it on the first try, despite the lack of a hint! She rewarded me with a tweed cap.

Still, I wondered why there was no hint. At first, I thought maybe it was an item I missed the day before. But I checked my Sunday footage, and it was not there. But a quick Google search revealed the reason: There won’t be a hint if it belongs to someone you have a low friendship level with. Since Rio just moved in, that explains it. In the future, I’ll know that the lack of a hint is a hint itself; just look for the new animal in town!

Mallary the snooty duck was at the campsite. I said hello, but that’s it. 😛

Today, poor Sasha was sick with a cold.

I bought some medicine for him, and he started to feel a bit better. He rewarded me with a cute music player.

I forgot to mention this in the blog last week, but I recently posted a new updated “Quick Comparisons” video about the Animal Crossing games. Check it out!

On Tuesday, Rio already called me her bestie. She had just moved into town the day before! Shouldn’t she wait at least a week or two before pretending I’m her bestie? That might make it slightly more believable.

At Nook’s Cranny, I sold my turnips for 169 bells apiece.

On Wednesday, I found Sasha sitting on the beach. It’s not often I see villagers sitting in the sand like this, so I thought it was pretty cool. At least until Sasha made this derpy face at me. 😛

I got to see the inside of Rio’s house now that she’s unpacked, and it’s very red. I like it…except maybe for that wallpaper.

After I caught my first salmon of the year, I also learned a new recipe: carpaccio di salmone! Even though these recipes were added last November, this is the first time salmon has been in season (in the northern hemisphere).

One salmon is the only ingredient, so it’s a good recipe to cook if you need to work on your cooking achievements this month.

Bones asked me to catch a crucian carp for him, and I agreed to help out. It took me over 20 minutes of fishing, but I finally caught one. So I took it over to his house, only to find that he had already gone to bed. And he wouldn’t accept it the next day, either. Oof.

Up on the mountain yesterday, Rio was talking about the stars and the galaxy. I love this bit of dialogue, but her standing directly under the moon just made this even better.

She even joked about being a star, but she actually is a star! Or at least, part of her face is a star. ⭐

Tonight, she was talking about space again! She said the moon is 235,000 miles away, and she wanted to walk around the Forest shoreline until she’s walked that far. That might take a while… but she told me to call her the Moon Ostrich!

With all this space talk, I’m beginning to wonder if she’s from another planet like I am.

See you all next time! Keep looking up! 🌌

I was a bit surprised to see K.K. Slider in the plaza on a Monday. But it does make sense, because the Bug-Off was on Saturday and the fireworks festival was on Sunday. I told K.K. I was feeling a little blue, and he played King K.K. for me and Beardo. It was actually pretty good.

Rio has officially moved into town and started her Forest life, so I went in to greet the island’s first ostrich villager.

Rio lives on the northwest cliff, which I have been calling Eagle Mountain since the spring of 2020 when Keaton lived up here. Perhaps I should give it a new name now that there are no eagles around. Of course, ostriches are birds, so maybe I could call it the Bird’s Nest?

I prepared an apple smoothie, and it earned me 3,000 Nook Miles. I have now prepared over 500 food items, so I’ve completed the “Mmm-Mmm-Miles” achievement.

I remembered to go to the hospital on Lottie’s Island for my usual Monday visit, and I scored myself 50 turnips.

In the eastern part of town, I’ve started to remove my space race obstacle course. I’m hoping to have a new obstacle course up at some point in September.

See you again later in the week.