Today, July 30th is a big day at Wild Purls. We are preparing for our Anniversary Sale tomorrow. What a day it will be! So much is on sale that it makes my head spin.

It also happens to be a 0 (zero) birthday for me. Yep, I turned the big five oh today.

Ever since I had children of my own, I began to admire my mother more and more. This year in particular we have had a very hot week and I can’t imagine having a child during the hottest part of the summer. But my mom did. So mom, thanks for sticking with me all these years. I look forward to having you come knit with us today.

Tomorrow at the sale, share in a piece of birthday cake for the store, for me and for my mom.
Happy Anniversary Wild Purls. We will start our 5th year on Monday morning.

 

Our mystery guest has her own personal family of deer who frequent her yard. This year one mama has twins and the other a single.

So now you know, this is a raven loving, deer watching, Barbara Walker fan who does a multitude of activities besides being a rock star knitter. Good luck on your guesses!

P S - If you’ve figured it out from our clues, be sure to call, email or stop by with your guesses.

 

Our mystery guest’s

favorite bird is the raven.

We hope you are putting together the clues and coming up with the answer. />

 

Our third annual Stitch N Pitch at the baseball game was great fun. Even though the game began an hour late, most knitters stayed put and enjoyed the beautiful evening. After all, when you have a project in hand time passes very quickly.

Erin and her fiance attended.

Dee and hubby were great fun.

Linda, mom Barb and Diane were knitting away.

Kelly and her gang came all the way from Columbus.

We snapped a quick pic of Becky before she could get away.

 

Sunday afternoon, about 4:30pm, our fair city was pummeled with rain and hail. A tornado touched down and shredded the roof off the METRA, our large, indoor stadium that has housed many sporting events, high school graduations, concerts and rodeos. The tornado struck in one particular part of the city and destroyed buildings. Luckily no one was hurt!

Many of us had wet basements and a few drips in the roof. Many more lost cars, roofs and much more. Today feels as if things are back to normal and Billings will come back stronger. Now, when the dark clouds gather in the sky, the term afternoon storm has a whole new meaning.