The “Artic Storm” that was predicted finally arrived in Northwest Oregon this morning.

Here are my perennial flower beds.  I cut most things back a few weeks ago, but left the snapdragons, rosemary and carnations thinking I would cut them and bring them in.  The birds are all out enjoying the suet hanging from the snowball trees and here is a nice surprise, we have one pair of Annas hummingbirds that stayed this year.

This is the top of the hummingbird feeder.  We put a cap filled with water at the top to keep the ants from getting to the sugar water below (which worked).  Looks like he decided to use this as a perch to stay out of the snow and keep warm next to the Christmas lights. (It’s 22 degrees now, expected to drop to 18 tonight).

Earlier this year I started a technique altered book which slowly evolved into my “working” altered book.  Here is what it looks like.

Here are some of the pages that I thought you might enjoy.

There are still quite a few pages to be filled up and I look forward to trying some new techniques.

Stay warm and keep it simple!