Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, Eloise asked me to join her on the bench in the north part of town (near the north beach, but up on the cliff). So I joined her briefly.

It was getting late, so I wanted to at least try to look for a new villager. I grabbed some Nook Miles Tickets out of storage, but I decided to use no more than three of them. My first trip took me to a tarantula island for the first time! There were a bunch of them walking around at once, and when I caught one of them, another one attacked me!

I ended up catching a total of five tarantulas. I could’ve caught more, but I needed to refocus on getting a new villager. Jitters was there, but I wasn’t interested in him.

But it is kind of funny how animals on mystery islands will fearlessly walk through a pack of tarantulas, while on our own islands, they freak out if they even see one.

On my next mystery island, which happened to a spiral island, I was very surprised to find Sasha!

Sasha is one of the new villagers added in the 2.0 update…and probably the cutest of the bunch. So I couldn’t resist inviting Sasha to Forest!

A few other quick notes about yesterday:

• I made another perfect snowboy, and he said he’d mail my reward.
• I got a DIY recipe for frozen floor tiles from a balloon present.
• Wisp gave me a shoji divider.

Today, I found Gullivarrr in town. Or at least, I found his head. 😛

I went diving for his communicator, and he will send me a gift later.

When I checked my mail, I found a frozen mini snowperson from the snowboy yesterday. I later made another perfect snowboy.

And of course, I went to greet the new green and white bunny in town. Welcome to Forest, Sasha!

On Thursday, Apple told me about a strange dream she had. A floating fish with a deep voice told her that she makes lousy decorating choices. 😛

The dream freaked her out, so she wanted me to come over to her house for a bit. I did, and I hung around for a little while. But when I tried to leave, she stopped me! She said a lot of folks would love to spend time with a future famous person like her. Yikes.

Honestly, this is going to make me refuse visiting offers more often in the future if they’re going to do this stuff. So I waited a couple more minutes before trying to leave again. On the way out, she gave me the song called “I Love You.” I’m starting to think she may be stalking me. 😛

C.J. was in town, and I completed his seasports challenge of catching five fish in a row. I then sold him nearly half a million bells worth of fish. (I had a lot of sturgeon saved up in storage.)

Yesterday, Tia approached me and said that she’s been thinking about moving out of town.

I like Tia a lot, but I felt like it was time to let her go. She’s been in town since the third week of the game’s release (so, over a year and a half) and I felt ready to freshen things up a bit.

I went diving and found a scallop, and Pascal popped up to ask for it. He then told me that castles are just like houses wearing armor.

I guess that makes sense, but I’d argue that they’re more like mansions wearing armor. You don’t see many house-sized castles, am I right?

Today, winter has arrived! Snow now covers the ground, and I built my first snowboy of the season. He taught me how to make a frozen mini snowperson. He didn’t give me the recipe directly, he just sent it to my NookPhone.

I then went to say goodbye to Tia. I’m sure we’ll meet again someday!

K.K. Slider was in town, and he played a song called K.K. Dub for me, Apollo, Louie, Marina, and Static.

Out on Harv’s Island, Tortimer has returned!

I’m guessing we won’t see Cornimer again until next autumn.

Happy winter, everyone! I’ll see you all next time. ❄⛄

Before I get into what happened today, here’s a quick summary of yesterday’s events:

• The beautiful statue from Redd was real, so I donated it to the museum.
• Wisp gave me a patchwork chair.
• I bought the motherly statue that I mentioned on Monday.
• I paid Tom Nook to install a brick bridge.

Today, the brick bridge was complete, and I attended the opening ceremony.

It’s Eloise’s birthday, so I made sure to attend her party. Agent S was also there. I gave Eloise a baby bear that I bought at Nook’s Cranny, and she seemed quite happy. 🙂

Nook Shopping had this truck for sale, so I ordered one. Yeah, 120,000 bells is expensive, but I have truckloads of money in this game. 😛

It makes me think of a moving truck, so it might be a good thing to place near the home of an unwanted villager. Don’t get me wrong, I like all of my current villagers…but inevitably, that won’t always be the case.

The motherly statue from Redd was authentic, so that meant I had a new work of art to donate to the museum for a second day in a row!! And surprisingly, the entrance area of the art gallery is filling in quite nicely!

I checked the rest of the art gallery, and it seems that I only need 12 more items now! Even though I’m sure it’ll still take at least several months to complete it, I feel like my goal is starting to be within reach! 🙂

In the Roost, I found Apollo enjoying some coffee. He said that Brewster has some special coffee that can be enjoyed at night without keeping you awake. It’s from a place called “Deek Aff.” 😛

Jolly Redd’s ship was parked on the island’s north shore, but he didn’t have any additional art that I needed.

Just a very early heads-up for people on my Switch friend roster: I’m tentatively planning on opening my gate for the New Year’s Eve countdown (for the Eastern time zone). It’s obviously a few weeks away, but I’ll post more details once it gets closer.