Jeff's New Leaf Blog

On Sunday (November 10th), Hornsby asked me to dig up his time capsule for him.

I took it back to him, and he found his kung-fu tee inside…which he then gave to me. I’m not usually fond of clothes as rewards, but this shirt really packs a punch. 😉

I was finding a lot of dandelion puffs around town, so I wanted to try something. I picked up five of them, and then went by my statue fountain. I blew them all. Away.

The next day, I found three new dandelions. These things are immortal!

I blew the seeds away, thinking I had won the fight.
But they came back with a fury, and just overnight!

Yesterday, Aurora was talking about gardening. She said she has to get her hands all grubby to do it right. 😆

Jeremiah gave me a cheese floor, saying he thought of me as soon as he saw it!

So you’re saying I’m cheesy? You may have a sharp wit, but you should brie grate-ful that I have a gouda sense of humor about it!

Friga the penguin was camping at the campsite. I don’t mind if she chills here for a day, but I don’t need her moving in. I already have two penguins, and that’s enough. I don’t need a whole penguin colony in Forest!

Speaking of penguins, Cube seemed to be listening in as Aurora gave me a new nickname: Cupcake.

Today, Gulliver was down on the beach, talking about geoglyphs and alpacas. So I knew he was headed to Peru.

If he misses out on seeing the geoglyphs, I guess he’ll just have to draw his own conclusions. Or just alpaca his bags for the next trip. 😉

But anyway, he’ll be sending a gift in the mail tomorrow. Just as a reminder, I do have a Gulliver Guide if you ever get stumped by one of his clues!

I listened in on a conversation between Mira and Aurora, and Aurora was crying! Mira told her to get a hold of herself, and I wasn’t sure what was going on.

When Mira noticed me, she told me to get out of here! How rude!

But then Aurora explained why she had been crying. Mira taught her a massage pressure point, and it hurt when she pushed it.

Mira said she couldn’t tell if Aurora was brave, or if she was being a baby. I think Mira is still pushing all the wrong buttons.

After the conversation ended, I spoke with Mira again. She asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek, and I agreed. She gave me ten minutes to find her, Aurora, and Hornsby. I found Aurora so quickly that the game starting banner was still on-screen.

And just a few seconds later, I also found Mira nearby.

Even though it took me another minute or so to find Hornsby, I still won the game in under two minutes. That was a quick win! Mira rewarded me with a modern wood sofa.

I could’ve spent eight minutes sitting on the sofa and still found all of you in time. 😛

See you all next time!

On Sunday, I found a lost item on the beach. I soon returned it to Inkwell, who said it was his swimsuit bag! But does an octopus really need a swimsuit? 🤔

He said he must have dropped it on his way back from swimming, in ink. 😆

For returning the bag, he rewarded me with a kiddie bureau.

I later found the gem rock, which spit out eight pieces of ore.

Even though New Horizons has iron nuggets and gold nuggets, I miss the colorful variety of gems you can get in New Leaf.

Cube asked me to play a game of hide and seek, and he gave me ten minutes to find him, Boots, and Inkwell. It didn’t take me long to find Inkwell, hiding behind Cube’s house.

About 45 seconds later, I found Cube behind Rolf’s house.

And shortly after that, I found Boots behind the instrument shelter. Hide and seek games seem easier in New Leaf than they are in City Folk.

Cube gave me some kitchen tile (flooring) as my prize for winning the game.

At the drive-in campground, Harvey was feeding the birds! New Leaf has so many cute details like this.

Yesterday, Mira offered me a free Mouth of Truth.

That sounds like a nice thing initially, but then I realized this was the Mouth of Truth I gave her a few months back. We’re just bouncing it back and forth like a giant volleyball.

Meanwhile, Lolly seemed to be smitten with me. She said there was something magnetic about me that day.

I figured it was probably Katrina’s doing somehow. But when I went to her shop to find out, it was too late. She closed up shop at 7 p.m., which seems so early for a fortune teller.

Today, Aurora asked me to dig up her time capsule for her. She then gave me the dawn tee that was inside.

Rolf asked me for some furniture, and I decided to give him the Mouth of Truth. (Since Mira can’t handle the Truth.) Rolf gave me a low screen in return.

Outside of Re-Tail, Mira was talking about Cyrus. She said he’s a real wild cat, and she thinks he used to be a hooligan! 😆

That’s an interesting theory, and I don’t think I’ve seen this dialogue before!

Have a happy Halloween, everyone! I don’t plan on playing New Leaf for the event, but I may play City Folk and New Horizons. Have a great time, and I’ll see you again in November! 🎃

On October 6th, Mira came up to me and asked if there were hearts fluttering around me!

She wondered what was happening to her. I’m guessing this was something related to Katrina, making her feel smitten towards me. 😛

Jack popped up in town, trying to recruit me for help on Halloween. However, I declined his offer. 😆

He gave me a mummy mask, and told me to look out for the other monster masks in Able Sisters. He then disappeared, not to be seen again until the 31st.

On October 9th, I found Lionel the lion camping at the campsite. I said hello, and that’s about it.

Last Monday was Explorer’s Day, and Isabelle was hanging out at the event plaza to hand out sailboat models.

There was also a face-cutout standee for the occasion, so I stuck my face into it and went for a cruise! Wait, I’m getting seasick… 🤢

Hornsby asked me to bury a time capsule for him, so of course I agreed to help out.

Yesterday, Mira asked me to buy her jolly painting for almost 5,000 bells. Obviously, I didn’t need it, but I bought it anyway to be nice. As it turns out, it was actually a forgery, which made a bad deal even worse. Strike 1.

She asked me to catch a mitten crab for her, and I thought this would give me a good chance to earn her photo.

I agreed to help her out, but mitten crabs weren’t out for the day yet. So I had to leave my 3DS in sleep mode for several hours. Once I did return, I went around the river countless times catching fish. It took me over an hour of fishing, but I eventually caught one.

I returned to Mira, and she told me I should take a break because I had been playing too long! But she was the sole reason I was playing so long, because she asked me for a rare fish crab! Strike 2.

So I give her the mitten crab, and she rewards me with…a watermelon table? I don’t need this!

Strike 3, you’re out! I wanted to pitfall her, but I didn’t have a pitfall with me. So I did the next best thing, and took my toy hammer out. *smack*

She wasn’t happy about that. 😆

Trying to earn these photos is driving me crazy! 🤪

Meanwhile, Aurora told me she thought I could use a space suit. Wait, what? Why? Does she know something I don’t? 🤔

Today, I listened in on a conversation between Lolly and Cube. Apparently Isabelle of all people dogs is an instigator! She told Lolly that Cube was childlike.

Naturally, Cube was insulted.

Cube said he’s been drinking three cups of coffee every night in an attempt to be mature…even at the expense of his sleep schedule.

Lolly said she didn’t know he was trying so hard, and she apologized. But Cube requested that she danced an “I’m sorry” dance to show that she really meant it. 😆

She did it, reluctantly. Then they suddenly noticed I was standing there, and Lolly was embarrassed. Aww, it’s okay Lolly!

I’ll see you all next time! Never Stop Crossing!