My drawing this morning inspired by the Fantasy that Viginia Woolf's spirit was visiting my garden.

The entire piece:

I was out in the garden again this morning with my coffee.

Where I sit, outside my little French doors on the terrace, I view this adorable birdbath and the vignette of the wall and path and plantings.

When I was sketching this morning I felt I needed to make a new black and white peace. As I have said before they have a calming almost zen-like affect on me. As I was sketching the birdbath and plantings I see in my morning seat, I imagined ghosts of favourite Englishmen visiting my space.

We are not too far from Sissinghurt, the home of Virginia's dear friend Vita Sackville-West.

Thus it was not too hard to imagine her trailing about the English country side. And surely it might be nigh on a 40 minute car ride, what are such distances to ghosts?

I do love an Edwardian outfit.

And my choice for putting Virginia's ghost in that rather than something from the 1920's was also based in fact.
In 1924 she did a photo spread with Vogue wearing her Mother's wedding dress.

The general style of it inspired me to my drawing, but I pictured Mrs. Woolf in her rail thin ways to be dressed up warm; thus, I put her in hat and muffler

Another reason I dreamed up Virginia's apparaiton as my morning visitor is her book "A Room of One's Own".

And for me, having a room now in our English house does make all the difference. A place to go that you can hang your hat, put up your books and bibelots, and call it Mine is important for a creative. In particular I am happy to report that I now have: A Desk on One's Own I am the happy owner of a new little antique desk.

I am trying it out in this corner of my little studio.

It is light enough that I can easily move it about, so I may try it in a few different areas of my room. I do like this little corner, close to the garden and the side door to the kitchen for coffee and tea.

It truly makes a difference having a desk to myself. As my room is currently bare save my suitcases and an air mattress, it is quite fine to have a piece of furniture at which to sit.

I really want to do a proper Garden post, sharing all the details, but for this post I want to share some little vignettes from this morning's garden stroll.

Before I sit and sketch of a morning, I take my cup of coffee, clad in my dressing gown and wellies, and head out for a garden stroll.

The garden is made in the old way of separate garden rooms, which makes the space feel even larger and more special.
There is even a path that leads to a little foot bridge that spans an expanse of dry river bed that runs through our garden. At heavy rains or in Spring, it does run like a little brook, we are told.

There is a lovely large weeping willow, which looks magnificent in the morning light.

If you turn from the foot bridge towards the rear of the garden you see this wonderful expanse of lawn. Behind the hedgrow, in the left hand side, is the veg plot.

Standing at that hedge and looking to your left you can see, over the garden wall, the church steeple.

Here, standing in the middle of the four square veg plots, you can see that view again with the wonderful morning light. The old runner beans still clinging to their bamboo supports.

As you come up the central lawn from the veg plots and mini orchards you can see a beautiful aspect of the back of our darling little house.

I had every intention of making this post this morning.

It is true that I arose early, as I usually do, and sketched in the garden. I was also lucky enough to be inspired to get my sketch then drawing done, but then the to-doing beckoned.

I and my friend were off to Whitstable to look at a chair for me and some other antiques. We had a great luncheon at a famous oyster house. It was really a grand day out, but now here it is again, after 6 pm, and I'm only now posting. I think this might just have to be my schedule for the time being.

The more I am able to furnish my space and get a feeling of 'home' the sooner a schedule can appear.

I hope all of you had a wonderful day and got a moment to enjoy the out of doors in some way, as I did.

Check out my other posts, if you like, and by all means upvote, resteem and yes leave comments!

*A study of our English Garden and a busy day.

• My new room and studio in our new English home.
• A Surreal Painting, some lovely Stained glass windows, and possibly a new English home.
• Ivan the Dog watercolour and another day out.
• A rabbit sketch and study and taking a break in the country with a trip to Rye and the Sea.
• The Fox n Hound from my "Animal's in chairs series" and another day out to-doing.
• A painting of my old Dog and bonfire night in England.

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