Environment Update

I broke three axes cutting down trees and renovating the landscape in an attempt to better the environment comments townspeople have provided Pelly. So far, no change, but I've also only been able to plot out six pieces of land. I've used the equation provided by the Wiki; a minimum of 12 trees and 5 flowers per 16x16 plots of land. If I plot out the whole town and there still isn't a difference, I'm giving up. But in any case, here's how I'm doing it.

The Tom Nook pattern that appears on the ground is a property line. I started in one corner of town and plotted out sixteen of them across, then sixteen down. I repeated that pattern and at this point half of the town is squared off. I've had to plant more trees in some places, like where the houses are located, but I haven't needed any new flowers. In fact, I might have too many. We'll see when the trees get bigger.

Also in this picture can be found me, falling on my face. I bought a King Tut mask from the Able Sisters not knowing that it makes you top heavy. Or blind. In any case, if you run for more than a few paces, you fall flat on your face. Here's another angle.

Adventures With Pascal

I have, as of this writing, collected three pirate items from Pascal. The Ship's Compass, a Sea View, and a massive Anchor. Here are some pictures associated with him.


The massive Anchor.

Pete!

I finally met him!

It was fun. We bonded. He seems very nice.

Flowering Progress

As of Sunday, Townburg is officially flower abundant. Unfortunately, Pelly still tells me that there isn't enough greenery in some areas. Ugh! In any case, here are a few pictures of the colorful flora.



These are the new breeds that have appeared since all were destroyed. Townburg previously had pink roses, orange cosmos, and yellow and red pansies.

Tulips are pretty much running rampant. I'm happy that the flower population has recovered in just over a week, but am frustrated that I can't seem to make Townburg green enough to have more than a c/d grade.

The Elusive Axe Upgrade

All right, so if anyone has done any research into the game they'll know that the fountain will get you an axe upgrade. The only problem I'm running into is that I can't figure out how to make Serena (the fairy puppy in the fountain) happy.

All that my Prima guide says is to answer her questions. Initially, she asked me this.

I said no, that I threw in a plain axe. She said that she respected my honesty and gave it back. No upgrades.

On my second attempt, I told her that I threw a gold axe into the fountain, hoping that maybe she would give a gold one back. Her response was something like, "That's silly. You can't throw a gold axe in here!" and gave me my axe back. Consarnit!

The third attempt went worse than previous ones. I thought I should try lying again by telling her that I threw a silver axe into the fountain. She called me out on it and got kind of angry.

So, it seems that the axe upgrade is still beyond my grasp.

Dandelions!

There's this cool thing that dandelions do if you find the kind that are all white and fluffy!

Just like in real life!

Things Looking Up

So, despite there being virtually no flowers and about A HUNDRED weeds to pull, things began looking up in Townburg almost immediately. First, I found it necessary to change my outfit to coincide with my bedhead. I donned my crazy grampa hat. I do believe that it makes me look more frazzled. Perfect for my crazy, panicked state!

Once this was accomplished, I found Tortimer at the gate area, unveiling the new fountain that Chris 2 and I helped to build!

While running around pulling weeds, I happily discovered that Townburg now boasts a department store!

And a new, adorable neighbor moved in.

Lolly is a cat. She's very nice and chipper. She asked me to buy a fish from her for over 1,000 bells (yeah, not gonna happen), but didn't get upset when I told her no. Awesome.

After a hard day of landscaping, I returned to my house to discover an infestation of cockroaches. Ick!

But after chasing them around for a few minutes, I successfully killed them all. My house is looking pretty snazzy once more.