heythereneighbor

[heythereneighbor]

Hey there Neighbor,

My friend has been very busy. She wrote a list to remember what she wanted to do. I drew some pictures to help her smile. When I finished she looked at my art.

"I know what will make this better," she said. She opened the drawer on her desk. She had a small tube of coloring pencils that I can use whenever I want. @:)

PS. My friend has a tree with pink flowers in her garden. I will have to tell you about it another time.

[heythereneighbor]

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[heythereneighbor]

Ok, so this may seem silly.... But if you have free time or have already made something, do you have any Welcome Home pictures for St. Patty's Day? I want a cute Welcome Home photo for my computer for months, and I don't know what to do. Thank you for humoring me by reading my silly ask. @:3

This ask sat for a minute but it charmed me so much I had to make a quick little st patty day picture <: - )

Happy st pattys day! 🍀

[heythereneighbor]

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Hi. I should probably post an "I'm not dead" update. I'm okay, I've just had some things going on, including one of the meanest creative blocks I've had for a long time.

But it made me see something, and that is that I'm not as... enthusiastic. Knowing the update has a date didn't really change anything. It did give me the "okay, at least I have time" mentality, but that's purely in terms of maybe working on the diary, and not the actual writing that was supposed to be the focus of the blog.

The rare time I've thought about my boy, I realised that I don't really have the potential to develop and build on his character like I have with other muses I write. In some ways, the thought of doing stuff with him is more like a chore rather than a project. That's never good, especially since this was supposed to be a rp blog, not an ic art blog.

So things will continue to be... quiet. I haven't picked up the notebook that houses the diary art in some time, nor have there been any plans for what to work on with it.

[heythereneighbor]

Hey there Neighbor,

I drew this in case you ever are in danger. It is okay for you to use @:)

I have a version with no text after this.

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OOC: I joked to friends ( @marimarg and @currently-sunny ) that I would need 'reaction pics' for moments of emergency relating to my boy. I had a brief window of time this evening, so I quickly scribbled this.

[heythereneighbor]

Hello Wally!!!! I love your art, it’s always so cute and fun!

If you’re still taking requests, I was wondering if you could draw one of my grandparents’ barn cats? His name is Trigonometry and his favourite food is meatball subs :3

Hey there @legitanawkwardmess,

Your cat is very fluffy, ha ha ha. @:)

He liked sitting in my hair. I was told it was like I was wearing a hat.

I brought Trigonometry to see Frank because I did not know how to say your cat's name. Frank got very excited. Trigonometry and I sat at the table and Frank got a book. He started talking about math and triangles. I don't know what that had to do with your cat but it was nice to hear Frank talk. I now know how to say your cat's name.

Trigonometry wanted to go see Poppy. She was cleaning and said it was too messy to come inside, but she did give Trigonometry lots of pets. I think he liked the barn.

[heythereneighbor]

Happy Homewarming, everyone @:)

Here is a picture of me in my winter outfit. It is warm.

The snow is still here. The days are still cold. But it is the time to think of those that mean the most to you and make your heart feel warm.

For me, it is Home. I would not be able to live in this Neighborhood if it wasn't for Home. She has been with me all the way. I am really lucky to have it as a friend.

Home and I still do not know what to do for Homewarming, but I am not as sad about it anymore. I did some cleaning. It liked that. We talked about all sorts of things that have happened lately. Sally has had everyone helping her with a story that was so big that it needed to take place all around the Neighborhood.

I gave Home a hat. Home had wanted a hat because it liked seeing others wearing them. I think they like it. @:)

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Hello Wally!! I have seen lots of your paintings and I would like to share mine.

Oh thats a hedgehog and it is one of my favorite animals! It is a small brown spiky animal that you can only see active at night. Do you have any of them around The Neighbourhood?

@shecynajc

Hey there Neighbor,

I really like your painting. It is just the most. @:) I like how you positioned the hedgehog in the grass so that you can't help but look at it. I also like that there are so many flowers.

I have never seen a hedgehog before, but I would like to see one one day. Your hedgehog looks very friendly. I tried drawing one as a 'thank you' for sharing your wonderful work, but I don't know what they look like, ha ha ha.

You must come back another day and tell me more about hedgehogs, Neighbor.

[heythereneighbor]

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[heythereneighbor]

Hey Wally👋

What's your favorite animal?

What's your favourite animal, Neighbor?

[heythereneighbor]

Art requests are open!

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Hello Wally! I dont know if you take art suggestions, but Im wondering if you can draw my cat. He's a fluffy Siamese, and his name is Sushi :]

Hey there @eclipse163 ,

I like Sushi. He is a very nice cat. @:)

I hope you don't mind that I took him on a big trip around Home.

I drew you some of my favorite parts:

I took him to Howdy's and showed him the top shelves. I can't see what is on them because I am too short. I hope Sushi liked whatever is up there.

Eddie let Sushi stamp an envelope for Poppy that I had written. He said that it was "one of the sweetest little stamps I ever did see".

Sushi also fell asleep on Julie's hopscotch. She wasn't too happy at first, but then she was happy because Sushi was very cute while asleep.

I wanted Sushi to meet Barnaby, but I remembered that Barnaby said he likes to chase cats as well as mailmen. I didn't want Sushi to be scared.

[heythereneighbor]

Hi Ho! Just wanted to see a Kermit the frog and a Wally Darling meet up, just before the Christmas craziness begins!! Happy Holidays Neighbor!! @:)

@mitsumi-irl

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Hey there Neighbor,

Kermit is a very busy frog, but I like when I am able to spend time with him.

He came to visit today. I was very happy. @:)

He asked me for ideas on what he could buy his nephew Robin as a present. I asked if he should buy something that Robin could use when camping with the Frog Scouts.

I drew you a picture of us talking today.

[heythereneighbor]

hi Wally. Big fan just wanted to know how you’d act if one of your best friends was moving away

@ask-welcomehome

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Ah. This was certainly a difficult topic. One hand rested on top of the other, fingers above slowly tapping against the hand below. Wally was slow to give a response, his eyes drifting to the left as he pondered how best to approach the topic. Hopefully You don't mind the hesitation.

"I do not think any of my friends are planning to move away... I don't remember hearing anything." His voice was soft, almost doubtful in his tone. He was so sure about this, and yet... "It is not something easy to think about, friend. I like being able to see my friends every day, and talk to them every evening. It is always a good day when I can do those things. I already -"

Wally cut himself off, slowly shaking his head.

"I like things as they are. It makes me sad to think about life without someone I care about. But... It is not fair to want someone to stay just because you want them to. Their world isn't your world, and a good friend would let someone go if that makes them happy."

She left without warning. A visit to see her family. It wasn't supposed to be a long trip, and yet... She never came back. He tried sending letters. He never heard back. He still checks his mail every day three times, just in case.

"Sometimes... Others leave. I would like to think everyone is happy here. But... Maybe there will be a day where Barnaby becomes famous and wants to travel all around the world to tell his jokes. Or maybe Julie will have to visit her family and go somewhere. I... am me. I'm not mean. I don't want them to stay if they are sad here. But... It is part of growing up, and it is a part of being a grown-up."

A new season can bring changes to the cast. Something can shift at any moment because the audience don't approve, or sales aren't doing as well.

Finally, he looked You in the eye, and smiled.

"I would hope they remember to send me a letter sometimes."

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Five or six months. That was both a long time, yet not long enough, to learn about another as unique as Library. Wally knew it took him a long time to become fluent in understand Home.

How long was that, exactly?

Even though it couldn't be seen, Wally found himself nodding as Naomi spoke, as though showcasing his good listening skills. Luckily, his soft hums were noises that could be picked up by the phone.

"I think Home is quietest when it isn't clean. It's like... All the dust and dirt weighs it down, like how a sad day can make you feel like someone is pressing very hard on your shoulders." Rarely, Wally would return home to find the rooms a lot messier than how he left them. He was never sure how it happened, but it always coincided with Home not feeling too upbeat. Maybe Library was the same.

"I bet it is hard to learn how to speak Library. It might be the first one ever to speak it." That was a special thing, but it did make things tricky. Wally might be able to give advice, but maybe his experiences with Home would not match up with Naomi's experiences. "I think speaking Library sounds just the most. I like how the lighter sounds are 'yeses', almost like how others laugh and they sound higher." It can be hard to learn a language, Wally knew that. Just like how learning to sign with your hands can be a total change to what you know, learning how to manipulate things to make a sound must be challenging.

"I hope Library isn't making itself tired. Moving and slamming things sounds like a lot of hard work. I hope it is happier now that you have cleaned it up."

Naomi felt herself smiling along as Wally spoke. He was right, she was happy the job was done... but sad, too, because she liked doing the work. It was hard to explain, especially on the first phone call - perhaps she'd save that for a later discussion.

But then he moved on to talking about Home, and she listened intently. He seemed experienced, in his own way, on the matter of learning how a place speaks. It'd be good to heed his insight, and maybe ask a little more herself.

"I think it's been about... five, six months since I first came here?" Ignoring how time twisted between her world and Lullaby Lane, as back "home" it hadn't even been a full season yet. "Library didn't talk to me at first, though. It was much dirtier and smaller then, and I was..."

She hesitated. It wasn't fair to turn a happy occasion sad, so she chose her words carefully.

"...Rather lonely, without much to do. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my time, actually, and I seemed to have so much of it. But then I found the key to the Library, and it needed care to get big and bright again. So I just... started cleaning."

She thought about those first days, sitting on the rotted floorboards in empty rooms with cobwebs but no spiders.

"I think I was here for about two months before Library started waking up. So it's only known me for... four months or so, and it's still learning how to speak, too."

She hummed, looking around.

"You know... when I ask it yes or no questions, it doesn't have a specific sound for either. It's the way it makes noise that matters. Long, light sounds like windchimes or the breeze usually mean yes, while a floorboard creaking or a door slamming usually mean no. Isn't that something? I wonder if it's still learning how to speak Library, too."

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Hey there Neighbor,

I heard today is a Frank Giving Day. I learned how to make stamps, and I made a butterfly stamp. I used it to decorate a piece of wood for Frank. I said that it could go on the shelf beside his butterfly books so he can always find them quickly.

I hope he likes it. @:)