Holiday celebrations at Venus Valley Boulder

What a low of -15 & high of -2 degrees looks like at @venusvalleyboulder 🥶❄️ Someone told me they thought I was in a vacation home 😹 nah we bought this bishhh!💎

Since landing here late October, I’ve been moving with the sun & laying by the moon 🌙 My body is lovinggggg mountain life with slow quiet still mornings & early dark restful cozy nights. And, I’m so madly in love with our animals.

Today starts the celebrations. This is our first year hosting & we’re doing it right with a fancy printed menu, name card holders, spiral candles & all the tinsel!! Some of my favorite memories are the food. Which is so funny to me considering my history with food! Thank you somatics & $€x

This years traditions include our classic Polish pierogi course recipe from my Polish grandmother with a hidden penny inside (whoever gets it wins good luck for the year which p.s. I got it for 2022 & shit was so fucking expansive & contractive at the same time, that is life! I don’t know if I want it again but then again I love this game 😹) , Oplatek for blessing each person & sending wishes - Christmas wafer, starting a new green fritter tradition & bringing back the borscht!

My family is very polish/Italian (first generation & third) & Paul’s is Irish/ Spanish. So there’s lots of Catholicism wrapped in our childhood & memories. I’m excited to start new traditions & leave old ones behind ✌🏻