Since y'all last hopped on a metaphorical sea plane to Soy, she has undergone the most drastic renovation. I don't think a single building is in the place it was when we last spoke all things New Horizons. We've been through Summer updates, I've received fraudulant art from my villagers, Luna dyed her hair pink for the Summer (which colour for Autumn tho?!) and I have a whole new roster of villager babies. Tie up the laces on your walking shoes, kids, we're off on a tour!
To the left of Resident Services, the inhabitants of Soy now have a tiny vintage market to explore on a Sunday morning. Bob's house is now directly behind this, along with an outdoor pizza restaurant, and it's on my list to finish! (I never finish anything. Chaotic-good energy come thru.) I'd like this area to look a little more cluttered in it's final form. Who knows - it'll probably swap places with the pizza restaurant by the time we next speak!
Moving Nook's Cranny early on in the season meant Melba had a few months to get used to her new garden. She loooves her rocking chair.
I welcomed Lolly to Soy sometime in July, and she and Melba are now neighbours. They live one hop across the river away from Freckles and I - I love to have my favourite babies close by!
Speaking of Freckles and favourites - here she is in all of her glory. Is it possible to love an animated duck too much? Don't answer that.
I tweaked the picnic area early on in the season. It now sits prettily between my home and the clifftop palaces of Roscoe and Diana. It's very simple, with only a few furniture pieces, but I love how sweet it looks.
The most dramatic change to Soy involved the relocation of darling Blath's museum and some experimentation with mini cliff formations. The museum now sits where Luna's home used to be and I reworked the entire landscape around it. This little bug study area is one of my favourite areas on Soy. I'm so thrilled with how it turned out! It's isolated from the island entrance through some nifty cliff work and sits just above one of our mini beaches, which is soon to be a fish study.
Luna and Samwise loved the Sunday evening fireworks displays. Aren't Luna's deely-boppers precious?! The area above (where Luna is gazing aesthetically into the distance) is Freckles's beach bar, complete with staff. The shell bed positioned behind it is momentarily acting as my Aphrodite altar until I can find the perfect settling place for her.
And here is where our tour concludes, dear friends! The campsite had been left untouched since it came into fruition this Spring but I always felt it looked 'okay enough' compared to other parts of the island. Once those spots had been prettied up, however, I felt it was time to give the campsite some tender lovin'. I added a campfire (complete with a fresh meal) and a bench bearing a painting set should the camper feel creatively moved by Soy's scenery. The ukulele is a cute touch - I'm keeping an eye out for a tambourine to join it!
Soy's first taste of summer has been such a delight. I loved the addition of diving - something we had early-on in New Leaf - and the Sunday evening firework displays. The summer shell DIYs have come in so handy when crafting my Aphrodite altar, too! I'm sad to say goodbye to it - to the vivid colours and flash storms and gladiator sandals. But Autumn is on its way, and then comes my favourite season to experience in the Animal Crossing realm!
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