Jolly Roger

As expected, I got a letter from Gulliver in the mail today. He sent me a Rooster of Barcelos from Portugal.

While shopping at Able Sisters, I noticed they had the Festivale accessory for sale today.

Labelle: The Festivale accessory? Ooh, good choice!Festivale is coming up on Monday, so you can find Festivale related clothing for sale in Able Sisters. But unlike some other New Leaf holiday events, the outfit is completely optional. You don’t need the clothes to participate in the event. Check out the Festivale Guide for more information.

I put on my wet suit and did a little diving this evening. Surprisingly, it didn’t take me long to catch a scallop. And of course, Pascal wanted in on the action.

I got a scallop! Hey, this isn't a potato at all!He “truthed” me about the seasons, telling me that fall gets no love.

Pascal: Everyone loves summer because of vacations and winter because of the holidays. But fall, maaan--no love.I gave him my scallop and he gave me this Jolly Roger in return.

A Jolly Roger pirate flag I got from Pascal.When I updated my dream town, Luna told me that Heston from the town of King Boo (nice town name!) was my most recent dream visitor.

And just as a reminder, Friday Night Forest is this week. I’ll be opening my gate (for people already on my roster) on Friday around 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (7 p.m. Pacific time).

Popular Pond Smelt

Late last night, I made a new snowman and he rolled a #33 for me. That gave me a bingo! The snowman gave me a bobsled in exchange for my bingo card.

Snowman: BINGOOOOO!Today, Dizzy asked me to catch a pond smelt for him.

Dizzy: What do you say to catching a pond smelt for me, Jeff?I also stopped in Drago’s house, and he asked me to take something back to Dizzy. But I couldn’t stop thinking that Drago has a lot of furniture in his house. It’s really crowded in there!

Drago: Oh, and could you please take care of this today?Outside, I did some fishing and caught a pond smelt. But before I could get back to Dizzy, Kabuki asked me for the fish!

Kabuki: You're into the fine art of the pond smelt too?!He wanted to give me a reel-to-reel for it. Actually a piece of furniture for a cheap fish isn’t a bad trade, but I was feeling lazy and didn’t want to go searching for another pond smelt, so I told him no. Fortunately, Kabuki was very understanding.

Kabuki: But it's cool! We're still buds. Looks like I'll just have to work for my treasures.I went down to the beach, and I found Gulliver washed up on the beach. After waking him up, he was talking about explorers. I figured that he was headed to Portugal, and he’s going to send me a gift from there tomorrow.

Gulliver: To a sailor like me, it's like a pilgrimage to visit there!After that, I finally returned to Dizzy’s house. When I gave him the pond smelt, he thanked me with a drip pail. I also gave him the package from Drago, which turned out to be a red flannel shirt. I must’ve looked hungry, because he gave me an apple as my reward.

Dizzy: You must be hungry, right? Then here, have an apple!Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Samus from Freetown was my most recent dream visitor. In the Happy Homes Showcase, I got a red bunny balloon from someone I StreetPassed (Jimmy from Whoville). And when I put my money into my bank account at the post office, my balance reached 34 million bells.

Your current balance is 34,040,000 bells.

Ding at Last

The other night, Meli came over to get bingo number #15 from one of my snowmen. That gave her a bingo, and she got the last piece of the set that she needed. Congrats, Meli! I just looked on in approval. (You can see it in my face).

Meli celebrates a snowman bingo.Last night, Aurora approached me, saying she remembered I wanted a portable toilet. That was true, but I already went.

Aurora: Oh! I seem to recall you saying you wanted a portable toilet!Kabuki asked me to make a delivery to Dizzy, and it turned out to be this candy gingham shirt.

Dizzy: What do you think? Do I look good or what?Dizzy gave me a barber’s pole to thank me.

When I updated my dream town, Luna told me that Diana from Raimon was my most recent dream visitor.

I rolled together today’s snowballs and built a new snowman.

My snowman rolling his eyes.He rolled his eyes and gave me a bingo number of 45. It’s a number that I needed, and it gave me a ding. So now I’m just one number away from a bingo.

Snowman: DING!Rolf told me that there was going to be an aurora in the sky tonight. There was no sign of it at the time, but I kept checking back throughout the night. At 11 p.m., it started to appear.

The northern lights start to appear.It seemed to peak around 11:15. With just a few weeks of winter left, we probably won’t be seeing too many more of these for a while.

The northern lights at peak brightness.