Punch the Rain

On Sunday, Lolly asked me to deliver a package to Jeremiah…when Jeremiah was practically standing right next to us. 😆 That was an easy favor to complete.

Lolly: Sorry to ask, but I can't get away right now. Do you think you could take this to him, please?
You may not notice at first glance, but Jeremiah is right behind the speech bubble.

Over by my zen bell, I noticed a lot of new black roses have popped up lately! Eventually, I’d like to turn them all into gold roses. But that would involve removing the beautiful town ordinance, and I’m not in a rush to do that. I’d have to keep everything watered every day! (Well, not the gold roses, but everything else.)

A dozen black roses in my Animal Crossing: New Leaf town.

It’s been raining a lot lately (in all of the Animal Crossing games, really) due to it being the rainy season. Rolf was so annoyed that he wants to punch the rain in the knee! I doubt that would help, but I still agree with the sentiment. 👊😆

Rolf: How long will this last, anyway? I'm gonna punch this rain right in the knee! For a bite!

Inkwell asked to visit my house, and I agreed to let him come over. He actually said it smelled cool in my house. That’s quite a contrast to what my villagers have been saying about my houses in some of the other games lately.

Inkwell: Wow! Smells cool in here!

I showed him around until he decided to leave. But he did not send me his photo.

Inkwell: Wow! I've been here for a while! I'm going to be late for my thumb-wrestling class!

Yesterday, I found a four-leaf clover in town. The interesting thing about that is that I found one in City Folk yesterday too!

I found a four-leaf clover! I wonder if that ma...

Today, I found Bob hanging out in the art gallery at the museum. He was surprised to see me…briefly. 😆

Bob: Whoa! It's Jeff! A huh huh huh! OK, I'm done being surprised now.

Back at my house, I did something I haven’t done in a long time: I played some Animal Crossing Puzzle League!

It's a New Nintendo 3DS! Do you want to play some Animal Crossing Puzzle League?

Unfortunately, the screenshot feature doesn’t work when you’re playing the game (unlike in Desert Island Escape). But I had some fun playing the game, even though I was quite rusty! That hard mode is crazy fast!

July is almost here, and with it, the peak bug hunting season! I know it’s less of a big deal in New Leaf (since you can visit the island anytime), but it’s still a fun time of year. Good luck with your bug hunts this summer, and I’ll see you again in July! 🦋

Dark Morning

On June 9th, Mira asked me to catch a rainbow stag for her. I thought my chances would be better out on the island, so I took Kapp’n’s boat ride across the sea. While I was there, I remembered I could do something I can’t normally do in New Horizons: Fish from the north shore.

Fishing from the north shore in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

In New Horizons, you need to use fish bait to make fish spawn up there on your island.

Anyway, it took me longer than I expected, but I caught a rainbow stag for Mira. When I took it back to her, she rewarded me with a Tower of Pisa.

Mira: Well, looky here! That is one fine-lookin' rainbow stag!

On Saturday (June 15th), I was visiting Cube when he told me not to look in his mush dresser. So of course, I did look in his mush dresser. There was a robo-closet inside of it (somehow), and Cube let me keep it.

I got a robo-closet!

The Bug-Off competition was underway, so I grabbed a goliath beetle from my dock box. Nat gave it a nice, round 100-point score.

Nat, during the Bug-Off: 100 points!

That took over the top spot, and Nat gave me a snail clock as my reward. I later put it in my house. After the competition ended, I returned to Nat’s tent for the winners’ ceremony. I won 1st place, while Lolly finished in 2nd place, and Aurora was 3rd. 🙂 Here we are holding our trophies:

The Bug-Off winners celebrate with their trophies (Jeff, Lolly, and Aurora.)

Yesterday, Jeremiah said he could smell my Tower of Pisa. I didn’t know it had a scent, unless it was really a tower of pizza? Now that, I’d like to smell. But Jeremiah wanted me to trade it for his makeup case.

Jeremiah: Wanna trade it for my sweet, sweet makeup case?

I agreed to the trade, just to be nice. 😛

I found three dig spots right next to each other, and they were all fossils! Usually when this happens, one of them is a gyroid or pitfall, but all three were fossils this time.

Three dig spots in a cluster.

Mira asked to visit my house (yes, again), and I agreed to it (again). Up in my swampy room with all the frogs, Mira said my house smells just like me! Somehow, I don’t think that’s a compliment. 😆

Mira: Mmmmmm! This place is starting to smell just like you!

I showed her every room, and she left once we got to the last room (the basement). Today, she sent me a letter thanking me for having her over. She included a kiddie bed, which she encouraged me to use in my house.

It was raining pretty heavily today, and Aurora (for one) seemed to be enjoying it.

Aurora: Oh, good morning, Mr. J! Don't you find rainy mornings refreshing, in igloos?
In igloos, I might be afraid the rain would melt the ice blocks, which would fall on my head and kill me. But sure, it’s refreshing.

The sky was dark…really dark. Believe it or not, this picture was taken at 10:30 a.m.!

Raining and dark skies in Forest this morning.

I still haven’t made progress on getting any of the other villager pics I’ve been trying for lately. But I’m not giving up! One of these days I’ll have something to report. I hope. 😆

One last note for today: I’ve had several campers over the past week or so. That included Ed last Monday, Marcie on Tuesday, and Broccolo yesterday.

Ed, looking sus: Oh, I'm not anyone suspicious!
Marcie: I'm certainly going to enjoy the time I spend here. I hope we get to know each other!
Broccolo, at the campsite: You're from this town, aren't you? I'm having a great time camping here!

Mira’s Visit

On Monday, Mira asked to visit my house, and I let her come over. So she followed me home.

Mira follows me into my house.

She complimented my exotic bed, while also giving me a backhanded compliment. She said I have good taste, even though I don’t look like I do. 😑

Mira: I just saw it in a magazine! Ya know, you don't look it...but you've got a lot of good taste! Cottontail!

She later called me a rich show-off. These visits sure seem to bring out the rudeness in villagers, don’t they?

Mira: I mean...what are you? Some kinda rich show-off? I'm nervous just being in here! Cottontail!

Inkwell asked me to fetch Jeremiah for him, and it was all just so that Inkwell could return an item (a racer tee) to him. Why couldn’t he just have me deliver it?

Inkwell, to Jeremiah: Umm... I just... It's about time I gave this back to you. I borrowed it a long time ago!

Inkwell gave me a western fence for helping out.

On Tuesday, Gulliver was in town (down on the beach). He told me he wanted to visit a country that’s very long and shaped like a boot. I knew he was talking about Italy, and he later sent me a Mouth of Truth in the mail.

Gulliver: All right, so the country I wanted to visit is very long and sort of shaped like a boot! Just like I wear!
Gulliver: You know what else is long? Pasta! Their pasta is so good, it'll make you tell off your mama!

Yesterday, Renee the rhino was camping at the campsite. I stopped in to say hello, and that’s about it. 😛

Renee, at the campsite: I'm Renee! And you're... Jeff? Nice to meet you!

Today, I had another camper: Drift the frog. He’s not a bad villager, but I do have him in Wild World at the moment. (And of course, my town here is still full.)

Drift, at the campsite: I was really focused on running. I ran and ran. And when I looked up, I was in this town!

Mira spotted my Mouth of Truth in my pockets, and she wanted me to trade it for a club tee. I agreed to the trade, even though I already had a club tee (and I was wearing it at the time)! But it seemed to make her happy, at least.

Mira: Your Mouth of Truth for my club tee?

When I visited Inkwell, he wanted to buy that extra club tee for 90 bells. I had no need for it, so I sold it to him. But when he turned around, I realized that the back of his head resembles the squid bumpers in his house! I’m not sure if those are gills or what, but Inkwell and the bumpers both have them.

Inkwell, looking like an orange squid bumper from behind.
I wonder if this causes him to be attacked from behind.

That’s all I have for now, but I’ll see you all in June! Never Stop Crossing! 🙂