FOLK magazine

3 weeks ago | folklifestyle.com | Ben Ashby

When we stayed with them, my sisters and I would stay in a bedroom next to the kitchen. Back then, we were small enough to all sleep in the same bed. All of us would bundle up in that bed with at least three or four heavy homemade quilts, with no sheets at all. I remember long before daylight, my grandfather starting a fire in the wood stove in the kitchen, snow outside and frost on the inside of the kitchen windows and us in the bed, warm as toast.

3 weeks ago | folklifestyle.com | Ben Ashby

Postcards are a wonderful peek back at places and spaces as they were seen and experienced at the time they were marketed to tourists. They can be dated by the fonts used on them to herald their point of interest or celebrated locale, as well as by the automobiles that might appear in the image, or the fashions on the folks caught in the freeze ray of the camera lens.

1 month ago | folklifestyle.com | Ben Ashby

Maybe you don’t see it enough, maybe you see it too often and take it for granted. Whatever the case may be, today is the day to pay your respects and toast a drink to our diverse, rich and magnificent country that is The United States and thank our stars there are people willing to continuously fight to protect those locations that make us all go “ooh” on Instagram. These places wouldn’t be around anymore if it wasn’t for them and wasn’t for the National Park Service.

1 month ago | folklifestyle.com | Ben Ashby

Why and when did you first pick up a camera? What inspired the love of photography? and who has inspired you? The summer after I graduated from high school, my older brother took me on a ten day trip to Glacier, Yellowstone, the Tetons and ended with a backpacking trip in the Uintas. My older brother had previously been interested in photography so he knew how to edit photos, even just phone photos.

Aug 8, 2024 | folklifestyle.com | Ben Ashby

I was really skeptical about this recipe and I honestly only made it because I didn’t think it would work. I was completely surprised that it worked and that it was really good. It is a recipe I will be making all Autumn! The recipe really is only two ingredients. One 15 ounce can of pumpkin puree and 1 boxed cake mix. I used carrot for the video, but typically recommend spice cake for the season. I did cover mine in an icing, but would probably recommend a cream cheese based frosting next time.