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    Posted October 9, 2011 by
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    Kalispell, Montana
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    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     Glenn9192 says: 'The Blasdel Barn is one of my first experiences with digital photography. I use a "pocket camera" and I know it looks photoshopped, but that is the real deal, we get really funky weather out here in Northwestern Montana and if you don't like it, wait five minutes.'
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    The Blasdel Barn 1909 is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.  Ethel's barn is all that remains of the Blasdel farm.  Ethel was a strong woman with a loving heart, and she loved her place in the beautiful lower valley of the Flathead.  She wrote the following poem in her later years.  It reflects the peace and contentment that is a rare thing in our complicated world of today:I look out my kitchen window,and everything I see,Are gifts that God has given, To my family and me.The mountains they protect us,the lake it shines so bright,and when the barn is full of hay,then everything's all right.I look out my kitchen window,watching for the ones I love,then we'll sit down at our table,and thank our Father from above.Ethel Blasdel

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