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R o a d T r i p // On the road again loving the b R o a d  T r i p // On the road again loving the beauty along the stops back at end of summer 2019, going through Alberta, Canada.

Canada is such a beautiful country. Raw, untouched nature abounds.

What an awe inspiring planet we live in. So full of abundant beauty everywhere.

#beautifulcanada #beautifulalberta #alberta #canada #latergram
G u a r d i a n // In summer 2019, I finally compl G u a r d i a n // In summer 2019, I finally completed Guardian of the Forest. An ode to nature.

She’s wrapped in a leaf cloak with her golden horns that are a symbol of protection, as she protects the forest and all creatures that inhabit it. 

Using mixed media that includes recycled lace and other textiles to create texture and depth.

Dimensions are 48 x 36 inches
Acrylic on canvas
Recycled lace and textiles

More about this painting  @violetavillacorta_art
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#magicalsurrealism #magicalart #painting #paintingforsale #investinart #investinlivingartists #acrylicpainting #acryliconcanvas #artforsale #spiritart #surrealistart #buyart #buynow #giftideas #giftidea #art
A n c i e n t F o r e s t // Summer 2019 in Chun A n c i e n t  F o r e s t // Summer 2019 in Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park, BC. Our Dutchy ‘Tila was still with us.

In the years we’d been going up to Canada, I didn’t even know this gorgeous ancient forest was only an hour away from Prince George, BC.

The trees are over 1,000 years old. The second to last video shows the eldest, a 2,000 year ancient. It is inspiring to be amongst ancients that have lived so much through the years and connect with the knowledge and wisdom they hold. Such magnificent beings grounding in the same spot for millennia, giving life and beauty. So powerful to be in their presence.

The giant ferns and other ancient plants added to the magic of this lush forest.

There are wooden walkways to protect the soil and keep the ecosystem intact.

This is the only forest in this area that has remained intact. It has a tropical microclimate unlike any other place in PG.

bcparks.ca - Ancient Forest Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park
Nestled in the traditonal territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, the park protects a portion of the only inland temperate rainforest in the world. Hiking the Ancient Forest trail will bring you past thousand year old western redcedars and a rich biodiversity of plants, mosses, lichens and fungi.

The 450 metre long universal access boardwalk provides the opportunity for people with all abilities to experience this majestic area. Another 2.3 km of boardwalk provides access to magnificent “Big” Tree, Tree Beard, Radies Tree and a beautiful cascading waterfall. - bcparks.ca

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#princegeorge #beautifulbc #britishcolumbia #bc #ancientforest #forestbathing #grounding #earthing #lush #forest #latergram
A n c i e n t F o r e s t // Summer 2019 in Chun A n c i e n t  F o r e s t // Summer 2019 in Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park, BC. Our Dutchy ‘Tila was still with us.

In the years we’d been going up to Canada, I didn’t even know this gorgeous ancient forest was only an hour away from Prince George, BC.

The trees are over 1,000 years old. The second to last video shows the eldest, a 2,000 year ancient. It is inspiring to be amongst ancients that have lived so much through the years and connect with the knowledge and wisdom they hold. Such magnificent beings grounding in the same spot for millennia, giving life and beauty. So powerful to be in their presence.

The giant ferns and other ancient plants added to the magic of this lush forest.

There are wooden walkways to protect the soil and keep the ecosystem intact.

This is the only forest in this area that has remained intact. It has a tropical microclimate unlike any other place in PG.

bcparks.ca - Ancient Forest Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park
Nestled in the traditonal territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, the park protects a portion of the only inland temperate rainforest in the world. Hiking the Ancient Forest trail will bring you past thousand year old western redcedars and a rich biodiversity of plants, mosses, lichens and fungi.

The 450 metre long universal access boardwalk provides the opportunity for people with all abilities to experience this majestic area. Another 2.3 km of boardwalk provides access to magnificent “Big” Tree, Tree Beard, Radies Tree and a beautiful cascading waterfall. - bcparks.ca

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#princegeorge #beautifulbc #britishcolumbia #bc #ancientforest #forestbathing #grounding #earthing #lush #forest #latergram
P i t o n e L a k e // Somewhere in the wildernes P i t o n e  L a k e // Somewhere in the wilderness, summer 2019 in Prince George, with our beautiful Tila.

Dylan took us through this “roadless traveled” to a beautiful lake. We had no clue where we were going. The road was a bit sketchy and at one point it just stopped. We couldn’t continue on. The truck got stuck in a ditch as Dylan was turning it around. Luckily, he had a gadget that pulled us out of there.

Meanwhile, I was looking around, making sure there were no bears or other wildlife near by.

We finally made it to a beautiful lake that Tila enjoyed so much. These moments, I will cherish forever. We miss him so much.

I love looking back and reliving these precious times.
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#latergram #princegeorge #princegeorgebc #bc #fraserfortgeorge #roadlesstraveled #offroading #lake #pitonelake #beautifulbc #beautifulbritishcolumbia #beautifulprincegeorge #exploringbc #roadlife #dutchshepherd #dogsofinstagram
C l i n t o n E m p o r i u m // We made a stop i C l i n t o n  E m p o r i u m // We made a stop in Clinton, BC, in 2019, on our way to Prince George.

Whenever we take this route up to Canada we stop at Clinton Emporium, a place filled with so much history. A soulful place. Every collectible item has a story.

We could spend hours here. Dylan often finds old world tools for his work.

This time he was in search of some tools for the old world style forge he set up at the @d2e_ecoshire in Sage, California, where we stay while we are in Southern California.

I love the wagon wheels and carriages parked outside. We step into another time when we are there.

Definitely worth the stop every time we go up that way.
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#latergram #clintonbc #clinton #britishcolumbia #bc #oldworld #timetravel #clintonemporium
C a n a d a B o u n d // As California was gettin C a n a d a  B o u n d // As California was getting hotter, we drove up to Canada for the rest of the summer in 2019.

The scenery along the way is filled with so much beauty.

Here are some highlights:
Lakehead & Mount Shasta, California, and Fraser Valley BC, where we were greeted into Canada with much needed rain.

Tila, our beautiful Dutchy, was still with us. He always made sure we made enough stops to rest and enjoy the sights.

Road trips are the best way to see this wondrous world we inhabit. It truly is heavenly and abundant.
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#latergram #trailerlife #fifthwheelliving #livingfree #freedom #roadtrip #california #mountshasta #lakehead #beautifulcalifornia #fraservalleybc #fraservalley #bc #beautifulbc #beautifulearth #livingthelife #richlife
I d y // Summer 2019 visiting our friends in Idyll I d y // Summer 2019 visiting our friends in Idyllwild at @elbuencacao.

When we travel back to SoCal, we stay in Sage @d2e_ecoshire and go up the mountain to Idy whenever we get a chance.

Aside from loving seeing our friends, I love getting the most delicious chocolates in the world at @elbuencacao. They have the best chocolate drinks, truffles and bars. Made from scratch from bean to bar, truffle and drinks. All their beans come from family owned organic farms in Latin America. Purist to the core, archeologists-turned-chocolatiers use only the entire cacao beans, with just 1 to 3 ingredients. No added extras. They grind the beans at their Idy factory till smooth and create chocolate magic. We can’t go up to Idy without making a chocolate stop!

And when we are elsewhere, we get our fix by ordering online @elbuencacao link on their bio.

It’s also a great spot to meet our friends from the mountain. So grateful when they come join us in Idy or when they come down to @d2e_ecoshire for a potluck and music under the stars.

Tawny wears a @junglebling Awajun Enkepa Breastplate hand beaded by talented artisans in the Amazon rainforest. You can get it at our online shop - link on bio and at @junglebling orgbyvio.com.

Latergram… we’ll catch up!
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#idyllwild #idy #idylove #idyfriends #socal #socallove #socalmountains #islandinthesky #riends #friendsforever #tribe #soulfamily #chocolate #elbuencacao #bestchocolate #love #latergram
L A f r i e n d s // Summer 2019, having dinner w L A  f r i e n d s // Summer 2019, having dinner with lifetime friends at Sage in Culver City.

Love it when friends meet us when we are in town. What a treat to get together with people I’ve known since I was a teen, others from over 20 years ago and some newer friends Dylan and I have made since we met. Everyone, such great human beings and talents.

Latergram. Not so Insta.
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#notsoinsta #latergram #lifetimefriends #friends #friendship #loveislove #love #friendsreunion #la #sageculvercity
O b s e r v a t o r y // On one of our visits back O b s e r v a t o r y // On one of our visits back to LA in 2019, we went up to the Griffith Observatory. It has one of the most spectacular views of Los Angeles.

Our Dutchy ‘Tila was still with us, Osita had just recently passed on. Looking back at these moments brings back so many memories. So much Love.

One of the most interesting things in the observatory is the display of a Tesla Coil. Had the world been open to Tesla’s inventions, we would’ve been harnessing and using free energy from the ether for over a century by now. Soon come! It’s about time.

Latergram. All our posts are from a few years earlier...until we catch up on here.
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#latergram #latergrams #griffithobservatory #griffithpark #losangeles #manandhisdog #dutchshepherd #furbaby #furangel #cityviews #teslacoil
E c o S h i r e // Fun times at @d2e_ecoshire with E c o S h i r e // Fun times at @d2e_ecoshire with our Idyllwild friends back in early summer 2019.

Since we left for the road allover North America (all the way up to Alaska) we made it a point to return to Southern California every year, where I @violetavillacorta had lived for over two decades - between LA, Ventura and Idyllwild. Dylan loved California while on his journey from Canada to the tip of South America. After meeting in Kuna Yala, in the San Blas Archipelago, Panama, then meeting in Ecuador and Brazil along our separate travels, Dylan moved down to California from Canada over 10 years ago.

California is one of our most beloved states. Where we have many wonderful friends that we love to visit.

We had a potluck where I made a yummy vegan casserole that’s featured in my recipe book “rich + vegan” - available at www.richveganrecipes.com with over 100 delicious and nutritious meals made with whole organic ingredients.

Always latergram. Not so Insta.
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#ecoshire #alternativeliving #downtoearthecoshire #beautifulcalifornia #friends #socal #beautifullife #glamping #livingfree #freedom #trailerlife #offgridliving #offgridlife #offgrid #offgridsolar #veganrecipes #getoutside #livinginnature #latergram
O s i t a // In May 2019 it would be my last road O s i t a // In May 2019 it would be my last road trip with Osita. We traveled back to California from Florida to meet Dylan and ‘Tila. We were all so glad to be back together again.

After 13 years 2 months and 5 days since I saw her be born, she gave her last breath in late May. My sweet baby moved on to another dimension, but she is always in my heart. Memories of her with her brother, my sweet Bindi who passed on in 2014, warm and fill my heart with joy every time.

I had the pleasure to be there for their first breaths - Osita, Bindi and their siblings. I was their mom Dita’s midwife. What a wonderful experience to see them all be born. Their mama lived to be 17. A few of their siblings are over 16 years old. How I’d love them to live as long as we do. The moments they give us, however long, are precious.

My fur angels forever, including Tila, their mama and the siblings that have passed on.

Good thing memories are so vivid and make my heart zing. So much Love that is forever whole.
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#furbabies #furangels #amstaff #americanstaffordshireterrier #amstaffmix #amstaffshepherdmix #dogsofinstagram #latergram #notsoinsta #puppylove #truelove #unconditionallove #purelove
O n t h e R o a d A g a i n // Visiting girlfri O n  t h e  R o a d  A g a i n // Visiting girlfriends and family on my way back from Florida to California back in 2019.

Always so fun to see friends and family along the way. One of the many reasons we love traveling on the road.

My sweet Osita was still with us. She was such a great road companion.
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#ontheroadagain #roadtrip #friends #family #latergram #notsoinsta
O p e n i n g // @nilayaconcept opening @littleriv O p e n i n g // @nilayaconcept opening @littlerivermiami featuring ORG BY VIO @junglebling back in 2019.

Super fun complete with local Miami based designers, friends and talents.

Visit Nilaya in Little River. Shop online at @junglebling link online.
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#latergram #notsoinstant #junglebling #ecojewelry #indigineousmade #handmade #ecojewelry #statementjewelry
M e e t T a l i a // ✨💛🐶💛✨ Dylan and M e e t  T a l i a // ✨💛🐶💛✨
Dylan and I weren’t ready to add another fur baby into our lives after our beautiful, powerful and majestic boy Tila died March 4.

Dylan wanted another Dutchy, but a female. They are hard to come by. And what are the odds that she would be a Dutchy of the same lineage as Tila?!

Our friends whom we got Tila from told Dylan there was a lady that needed to rehome some Dutch Shepherds. We couldn’t pass up this opportunity.

Dylan met a few of the Dutchies and chose this beautiful girl, because she had the same kind of body as Tila with long back legs, though smaller. She’s gentle and loving.

After going through a bunch of names, Talia fit best…and it has the same letters as Atila aka Tila.

She happens to be Tila’s niece. Her grandpa is Atila’s great grandpa!

I can’t wait to meet beautiful Talia soon!
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#dutchy #dutchie #dutchshepherd #shepherdsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #furbaby
Our F u r A n g e l // Tila crossed over the rai Our  F u r  A n g e l // Tila crossed over the rainbow last Friday. It came fast, and now he’s gone to the next dimension, but always with us in our hearts.

😭🙏🏽💛🐶💛🙏🏽😭

It’s so very sad that I (Vio) didn’t make it back to see you again. I’m glad I got to see you in the videos, photos Dylan sent me and got to FaceTime with you before you were gone. Though, I missed your last years.

I never imagined that you would not be there anymore when I got back to the US. I thought you’d give us a few more years, since you’ve always been so strong and healthy. You were gonna turn 12 in a couple of months and I was going to be back there for it. I was looking forward to seeing you again, watching you run in nature, bark at the waterfalls and creeks, and be the beautiful and majestic dog that you are.

I am grateful for all the memories that you’ve given us, for your protection, companionship, especially to Dylan, your wit, curiosity, playfulness, strength, love and joy.

Thank you for being such a beautiful and powerful fur baby.

I will always remember you. Our walks will not be the same without you.

You are big and powerful always in body and spirit, our sweet fur Angel. I will miss you so very much in the physical realm but you’ll always be in my heart.

Enjoy playing with all the fur angels and friends among the stars.

I adore you, Tila 🙏🏽💛🐶💛🙏🏽

May 19, 2010 - March 4, 2022

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#dutchshepherd #dutchy #shepherd #dogsofinstagram #furbaby #furrylove #furangel #Atila #tila #missingyou #lovingyou #inmyheart #myfurangel #playamongthestars
j u n g l e b l i n g i n g i t // Yours truly an j u n g l e b l i n g i n g  i t // Yours truly and some lovelies in their new gorgeous @junglebling handmade by talented indigenous women in the Amazon jungle at our the Sage & the Butterfly booth in South Beach and Coconut Grove back in Spring 2019.

The artisan fair in South Beach and Coconut Grove and Wynwood markets are both fun places to meet people from all over the world - locals and tourists - looking for something special.

Click our link on bio or enter www.thesageandthebutterfly.com on your browser to see the gorgeous stuff made by us and other artists.
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#notsoinsta #latergram #southbeach #miamibeach #miamiflorida #artisanmade #handmadejewelry #handmadegifts #handcrafted #oneofakindjewelry #beadedjewelry #organicjewelry #veganjewelry #ecojewelry #handcraftedjewelry
A r t i s a n F a i r // While in South Beach doi A r t i s a n  F a i r // While in South Beach doing an artisan market with @junglebling and @thesageandthebutterfly including some of my art @violetavillacorta_art and clothes @violetavillacorta_studio back in March 2019.

I had a serendipitous visit with @janellhipwellportraitphoto who snapped some pictures of the booth and us.

Looking back and catching up. Not so Insta… we are living the moment…sharing much much later!

Visit our link in bio to shop @thesageandthebutterfly collections and @junglebling at www.junglebling.org ships worldwide.
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#handcraftedjewelry #oneofakind #oneofakindjewelry #artisanmade #authenticdesign #junglebling #artisanmade #artinthepark #gifts #oneofakindgifts #shoplocal #shophandmade #shopsmall #shoponline
E c o s h i r e // Back at the shire in Spring 201 E c o s h i r e // Back at the shire in Spring 2019 Dylan set up an outdoor forging area.

After I spent winter in Florida, I joined Dylan that Spring in California and we put the sign we designed for our store in Idyllwild on the outdoor forging area… where it has been since.

@d2e_ecoshire is so green and beautiful in the Springtime with all the flowers and new growth.

Our friends at Downtoearth built a circular area for organic farming, where chickens run loose and go in for the night in their protected chicken coop. They often came to say hi at the edge of the food garden.

Visit @sageblades to see Dylan’s masterful work. You can also visit our website and store - link on bio - to see all we love to do creatively and more.

Always a latergram, never Insta…’cause we are living the moment.
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#freedom #livinglifetothefullest #livinglife #latergram #alternativelifestyle #trailerlife #glamping #natureliving #forge #outdoorforge #outdoorliving
C a n o e i n g // One of the many things I (@viol C a n o e i n g // One of the many things I (@violetavillacorta) like doing in Florida is canoeing in the rivers and everglades.

If we are quiet enough, wildlife shows up and delights us with their presence.

We canoe for hours taking in the elements. Alligators lounging along the river are magical. Nature is wonderful.

Meanwhile Dylan (@sageblades) at the ecoshire in SoCal during the Viking festival, demonstrating forging in the forge he put together.

This is from Spring 2019. Not so Insta…because we live the moment and post later, much later!
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#latergram #notsoinsta #beautifulflorida #canoeing #loxahatchee #nature #forging
E l P o r t a l // Just off from a small shopping E l  P o r t a l // Just off from a small shopping strip in Miami is a magical place called El Portal. An unincorporated little town in the middle of the city, where turkeys roam freely, Spanish moss drapes trees and Little River cuts through along the lush vegetation and picturesque homes along the water.

In all the time I’d (@violetavillacorta ) been to Miami, I’d never ventured to this beautiful area.

It’s only a few blocks away from @nilayaconcept where you can find @junglebling Amazon jewelry hand beaded by the talented Amazon rainforest artisans in Peru and Ecuador, plus other lines by local Miami designers.
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#elportal #elportalmiami #miami #miamibeauty #miaminature #beautifulmiami #southflorida #tropicallife #beautifulflorida #latergram #throwbackthursday
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