Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Good afternoon.....
Good morning! Yesterday May 10th, Mothers day... Ray Bell a guitar instructor came by for a visit. He was returning to his home in Regina from a camp in Manitoba where he taught guitar for a couple days. We had a bit of frisbee, lunch, some jamming and a bit more frisbee before he had to leave. It was good to see him again. :-)
After Ray left we headed up for a couple hours at Eugene's place to work with the horses. Lydia sold Alpache so she worked with Coyote (Dad's black gelding). Ruth led Millie around (with me keeping an eye on her) for about ½ hour. She (Ruth) had lots of fun being “boss” over a big horse. :-) After Ruth was tired of horse play she went and played with Uriah and Cilla on an old combine.... Kid Martha's horse was being a bit of a stinker so she had her hands pretty full. But before we left she had his head down and he was licking n' chewing so what she'd worked him on was actually working in his brain. :-) I worked with Millie on ground tying mostly... some side passing and squeeze game as well. All in all it was a good afternoon. :-)
On the way home we stopped by Skinners Nursery in Yorkton and bought Mom a rose for Mothers Day. It's a dark red simple rose called 'Emily Carr'. She was pretty happy that we got her a gift. :-) It's never been a habit of our family to get gifts for Mother's/Father's day.... Dad's always thought that birthdays were enough to get gifts, but when Lydia suggested that we get a gift for Mom..... and then I said a rose he decided it wasn't such a bad idea. :-) After we got home and ate supper Lydia and I went for a 4 mile walk. It never feels like a full day unless we've been able to go for a walk. :-) Guess it's a way to slow down after a day and also to talk without distractions. LOL! :-)
A couple verses caught me a couple days ago in my Bible reading. I have never heard a sermon preached on these two verses. So any preachers out there... :-) if you do preach on this would you send the sermon to me? LOL! 1 Chronicles 4:9 & 10 “And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.” It reminded me of how God teaches us to pray in the new testament. Well any how.... I'm gonna post an article on this... that I wrote after I read the verses about Jabez. It kind of bounces around though. My mind wasn't behaving and staying in line. :-)
Today 12th it was looking pretty dark out side in the morning... just a bit after noon it started pouring and hailing, so Lydia, Ellie, Jesse and I grabbed our slickers and headed out for some fun in the rain. :-) Guess we haven't grown up to much. :-) After about 30 minutes it cleared off and got back to being warm and sunny. So Lyds and I went for a walk after supper. :-)
Dad's going to try offering on a place about 2 hours from where we rent.... just pray that God will lead. :-)
Hey we're in Yorkton so I can post this.... :-)
Hannah
After Ray left we headed up for a couple hours at Eugene's place to work with the horses. Lydia sold Alpache so she worked with Coyote (Dad's black gelding). Ruth led Millie around (with me keeping an eye on her) for about ½ hour. She (Ruth) had lots of fun being “boss” over a big horse. :-) After Ruth was tired of horse play she went and played with Uriah and Cilla on an old combine.... Kid Martha's horse was being a bit of a stinker so she had her hands pretty full. But before we left she had his head down and he was licking n' chewing so what she'd worked him on was actually working in his brain. :-) I worked with Millie on ground tying mostly... some side passing and squeeze game as well. All in all it was a good afternoon. :-)
On the way home we stopped by Skinners Nursery in Yorkton and bought Mom a rose for Mothers Day. It's a dark red simple rose called 'Emily Carr'. She was pretty happy that we got her a gift. :-) It's never been a habit of our family to get gifts for Mother's/Father's day.... Dad's always thought that birthdays were enough to get gifts, but when Lydia suggested that we get a gift for Mom..... and then I said a rose he decided it wasn't such a bad idea. :-) After we got home and ate supper Lydia and I went for a 4 mile walk. It never feels like a full day unless we've been able to go for a walk. :-) Guess it's a way to slow down after a day and also to talk without distractions. LOL! :-)
A couple verses caught me a couple days ago in my Bible reading. I have never heard a sermon preached on these two verses. So any preachers out there... :-) if you do preach on this would you send the sermon to me? LOL! 1 Chronicles 4:9 & 10 “And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.” It reminded me of how God teaches us to pray in the new testament. Well any how.... I'm gonna post an article on this... that I wrote after I read the verses about Jabez. It kind of bounces around though. My mind wasn't behaving and staying in line. :-)
Today 12th it was looking pretty dark out side in the morning... just a bit after noon it started pouring and hailing, so Lydia, Ellie, Jesse and I grabbed our slickers and headed out for some fun in the rain. :-) Guess we haven't grown up to much. :-) After about 30 minutes it cleared off and got back to being warm and sunny. So Lyds and I went for a walk after supper. :-)
Dad's going to try offering on a place about 2 hours from where we rent.... just pray that God will lead. :-)
Hey we're in Yorkton so I can post this.... :-)
Hannah
Friday, May 8, 2009
Hey ya'll
Hey ya'll! How's it going? We've all been doing pretty good here in Waldron. Today being Ellie's birthday (May 3rd) she's 19 now... makes me feel old. LOL! She got a set of rubber-maid containers, a magnet and a headstall with reins.
Eugene came over for church and lunch then we had him take some family pictures of us... so we'll be going through those and looking to see if we can send off any to family and friends.
Then all but Mom, Sara, Naomi, Ruth and I went up to Eugene's place to work with the horses.... the reason I didn't go?.... I have somehow managed to get blisters on my right foot... strange thing is I've been walking for the past 2 weeks from 4-8 miles a day and not had a problem with my feet other than my right heel some times causes me pain.... but somehow I've got blisters on my toes (this is a great subject LOL! Not!) so I decided (after I took a pin to the blisters and drained the liquid) that I'd put my homemade salve on them and stayed out of my boots for the day... hopefully by tomorrow I can walk without to much pain and I can keep up walking. I did wish I could go riding but... I really didn't want to wear my boots (which is the only pair of shoes I have out....) well anyhow... I stayed home. :-)
Helped Ruth mix up cookies.... put Sara to sleep (walking back and forth in the living room) several times, and in between doing those things, I was able to watch Hymns VHS by Gaithers and Dream On by EHSS.... both of which I enjoy greatly.... well one part on Dream On I don't care for... Chonda Peirce.... her sense of humor was a little on the gray side rather than white. :-/ But other than that I really like the DVD... even Jessy Dixon.... love his Operator... LOL! And the Youth and Young Adult Choir is SO in sync with their director... wow is all I can say! They're really really good! Oh yeah the main attraction of the DVD is Ernie, Ryan, Doug and Timmy! But you know.... :-) They're so good some times I look at them and say how on earth could I ever reach that quality singing? Boy oh boy, I guess tons and tons of practice.... which is something that I haven't been doing lately. I admit to be slacking in that area... Yeah I know I need to get on the ball and practice by myself or with my sister(s). Did you know that “Tomorrow is the greatest labor saving device of today”. LOL! In other words... I need an excuse to be lazy about practicing..... my excuse? Today's Sunday so it's supposed to be a day of rest. “smirk” Yeah right! (Martha snorts at me... LOL!)
Hey did you all know that Eagle Song by Russ and Tori Taff is a really neat song? I'll try to post it sometime on here so you can hear it for yourself.
Today's sermon was by Mike Pearl on the second half of Romans chapter one.... very good. You know if you're going to get any preaching mp3's or Cd's from Pearls Romans and Sanctification are really good. I would suggest them to anyone. I'm so glad that when I asked God to save me He took all my sin away and I don't have to 'die' to self. Jesus did it all on calvary! I don't have to work my way to heaven.... God doesn't see the awful mistakes and stumbles that I make in the way... God sees Jesus and He's satisfied. Thank you Jesus for saving me! “You're looking at a child forgiven, You're looking at a soul set free, You're looking at a pardoned prisoner, Who's walking now in liberty. I'm standing here because of wondrous grace, My sins are in the deepest sea, He washed me clean somehow, So what you're seeing now, Is a happy, happy child set free!” Child Forgiven by Suzanne Gaither Jennings and William (Bill) Gaither..... I love that song... it really speaks about God and His love! :-)
This didn't get posted the day after I wrote it so here's another little bit... Alpache's been spoken for by some people who bought a horse from us before we moved down to the states. Any how their 13/14 year old girl really fell in live with the horse so Lyds should be getting a check sometime this week. Had someone look at Red but the person didn't have the experience to work with a younger horse.... someone called about Millie (my horse) but they haven't pursued her any more. Guess I'll keep praying for God to bring along the right buyer. Having only bought Millie (as a yearling in 2006) to resell I haven't let myself get to attached to her. :-) Not that I've ever been attached to an animal... “shrug” well I did cry after losing those puppies.... I worked over them for 5 days, getting up at night and trying to make them eat, in the end all 7 of them died I felt pretty bad seeing them waste away and nothing I could do about it. Oh well I didn't start typing this to tell you about pain. :-) Walked with Lydia after they (part of the family who went up to sell Alpache) I guess My foot isn't ready to walked on very fast... “sigh” So today after Lyds finishes her school we'll probably go walking but slowly so I can place my foot in a way that keeps my weight off the blisters. :-) Enough on this heel (or is that toe) of a problem. :-) LOL!
Hey here's a prayer request... a friend of mine from NC (www.wrightfamilyband.com) her Mom is expecting again... and Mrs. Wright has Diabetes.... could you pray for a safe pregnancy and delivery for her? Speaking of babies... Sara's doing great. :-) Today Mom was busy with the kids school work and Sara was crying in her bed.... any how I was just going to go change the laundry and Mom was going to change Sara's diaper, that little girl has got the biggest grin for a baby. LOL! Ummmm you get this, My kid better than your kid? LOL! Maybe that'd be my sister but any how. I love having a baby in the house again. :-)
Ya'll have a great day and God bless you!
Hannah
Eugene came over for church and lunch then we had him take some family pictures of us... so we'll be going through those and looking to see if we can send off any to family and friends.
Then all but Mom, Sara, Naomi, Ruth and I went up to Eugene's place to work with the horses.... the reason I didn't go?.... I have somehow managed to get blisters on my right foot... strange thing is I've been walking for the past 2 weeks from 4-8 miles a day and not had a problem with my feet other than my right heel some times causes me pain.... but somehow I've got blisters on my toes (this is a great subject LOL! Not!) so I decided (after I took a pin to the blisters and drained the liquid) that I'd put my homemade salve on them and stayed out of my boots for the day... hopefully by tomorrow I can walk without to much pain and I can keep up walking. I did wish I could go riding but... I really didn't want to wear my boots (which is the only pair of shoes I have out....) well anyhow... I stayed home. :-)
Helped Ruth mix up cookies.... put Sara to sleep (walking back and forth in the living room) several times, and in between doing those things, I was able to watch Hymns VHS by Gaithers and Dream On by EHSS.... both of which I enjoy greatly.... well one part on Dream On I don't care for... Chonda Peirce.... her sense of humor was a little on the gray side rather than white. :-/ But other than that I really like the DVD... even Jessy Dixon.... love his Operator... LOL! And the Youth and Young Adult Choir is SO in sync with their director... wow is all I can say! They're really really good! Oh yeah the main attraction of the DVD is Ernie, Ryan, Doug and Timmy! But you know.... :-) They're so good some times I look at them and say how on earth could I ever reach that quality singing? Boy oh boy, I guess tons and tons of practice.... which is something that I haven't been doing lately. I admit to be slacking in that area... Yeah I know I need to get on the ball and practice by myself or with my sister(s). Did you know that “Tomorrow is the greatest labor saving device of today”. LOL! In other words... I need an excuse to be lazy about practicing..... my excuse? Today's Sunday so it's supposed to be a day of rest. “smirk” Yeah right! (Martha snorts at me... LOL!)
Hey did you all know that Eagle Song by Russ and Tori Taff is a really neat song? I'll try to post it sometime on here so you can hear it for yourself.
Today's sermon was by Mike Pearl on the second half of Romans chapter one.... very good. You know if you're going to get any preaching mp3's or Cd's from Pearls Romans and Sanctification are really good. I would suggest them to anyone. I'm so glad that when I asked God to save me He took all my sin away and I don't have to 'die' to self. Jesus did it all on calvary! I don't have to work my way to heaven.... God doesn't see the awful mistakes and stumbles that I make in the way... God sees Jesus and He's satisfied. Thank you Jesus for saving me! “You're looking at a child forgiven, You're looking at a soul set free, You're looking at a pardoned prisoner, Who's walking now in liberty. I'm standing here because of wondrous grace, My sins are in the deepest sea, He washed me clean somehow, So what you're seeing now, Is a happy, happy child set free!” Child Forgiven by Suzanne Gaither Jennings and William (Bill) Gaither..... I love that song... it really speaks about God and His love! :-)
This didn't get posted the day after I wrote it so here's another little bit... Alpache's been spoken for by some people who bought a horse from us before we moved down to the states. Any how their 13/14 year old girl really fell in live with the horse so Lyds should be getting a check sometime this week. Had someone look at Red but the person didn't have the experience to work with a younger horse.... someone called about Millie (my horse) but they haven't pursued her any more. Guess I'll keep praying for God to bring along the right buyer. Having only bought Millie (as a yearling in 2006) to resell I haven't let myself get to attached to her. :-) Not that I've ever been attached to an animal... “shrug” well I did cry after losing those puppies.... I worked over them for 5 days, getting up at night and trying to make them eat, in the end all 7 of them died I felt pretty bad seeing them waste away and nothing I could do about it. Oh well I didn't start typing this to tell you about pain. :-) Walked with Lydia after they (part of the family who went up to sell Alpache) I guess My foot isn't ready to walked on very fast... “sigh” So today after Lyds finishes her school we'll probably go walking but slowly so I can place my foot in a way that keeps my weight off the blisters. :-) Enough on this heel (or is that toe) of a problem. :-) LOL!
Hey here's a prayer request... a friend of mine from NC (www.wrightfamilyband.com) her Mom is expecting again... and Mrs. Wright has Diabetes.... could you pray for a safe pregnancy and delivery for her? Speaking of babies... Sara's doing great. :-) Today Mom was busy with the kids school work and Sara was crying in her bed.... any how I was just going to go change the laundry and Mom was going to change Sara's diaper, that little girl has got the biggest grin for a baby. LOL! Ummmm you get this, My kid better than your kid? LOL! Maybe that'd be my sister but any how. I love having a baby in the house again. :-)
Ya'll have a great day and God bless you!
Hannah
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Update from Hannah
April 26, 2009
Hello to one and all who read this blog... :-) we've all been doing well and getting along like family. Which I'm sure that those who know us will testify as we always talk to each other so endearingly... LOL! Today being Sunday and nothing to do at the house in Waldon the whole family headed out for Yorkton and area.... Mom to do some necessary shopping with Naomi, Ruth and Sara while the rest of us were dropped off at Eugene P. place to work with the horses.... Dad trimmed Kid (Martha's horse) and Alpache (Lydia's horse) and the rest of us played/worked with our horses. Dad's hands are kind of weak from not doing much the past year so he's kind of cryin' the blues that he can't grip the clippers and knife very well.... Maybe next week he can do two more horses and slowly we'll get them all done. Lydia and I have our horses for sale in the Bargain hunter here.... Alpache and $2000 and Millie for $1700.... we'd like to get them sold sometime this spring. Only as the Lord wills though. :-)
Monday the 27th .... wrote a letter today, made bread, and took a walk.... decent day in all though I didn't practice music today.... Oh well maybe tomorrow. :-) Ellie's birthday is on May 3rd.... she'll be 19. Jesse's birthday is May 26th he'll be 16 and Naomi's is on May 31st she'll be 23.... guess we're all getting older.... :-) not decrepit... just older. “grins” Guess it's hard to be old when you've just had a baby even though your eldest is 23.... guess Dad and Mom had better be getting on the ball marrying us off so as not to have to many kids in the house at one time. We tease that Ruth and Sara are going to be married before the rest of us kids.... mostly because all the young men and women we know all are around Priscilla's age. :-) Just pray and keep smiling around here... ;-)
I'm on Lunch this week and on bread.... so I'll be pretty busy every couple days having to make both in the morning.... today I had a roast for lunch so I wasn't to rushed making bread.... I have to admit to loving cooking.... not all day though as that gets rather tiresome but for every meal I don't mind that. Well I take that back.... the only thing I could make all day and enjoy doing so, is Donuts.... but in our house there's a ban on donut making so I just dream about it... LOL!
Weather's been rather sluggish here.... been cloudy and kind of chilly the past several days.... today it was sunny for a bit in the afternoon but it had clouded over by the time Lydia and I went walking... we're trying to walk about 6 miles a day some days less some days like today we walked about 7 miles... not much to do in the afternoons here so it's nice to take a 'relaxing' walk for a few hours to take up the time. :-) Heard the ruffed grouse doing his mating thumping.... it's really neat to hear them and to see and hear the geese as they court.... spring is definitely here.... the red wing black birds that nest in the sloughs are back as well... meadow larks are singing as you walk past the killdeer are back and one of the most colorful birds has already passed though the area.... I don't have a clue what they're named but they're very 'bright' blue and have a sweet call.... they pass through this area early spring just when the first geese are showing up... they only stay for a week or so then head farther north for the summer nesting grounds, but it is nice to see them in the spring. The barn swallows aren't here yet but yesterday I saw a black cap chickadee.... I love the yellow finch and the orioles that we sometimes get up here... when we lived near Melville a pair of orioles once nested in our yard and we always had barn swallows in the barn. Life on the farm... :-)
No place has really caught our fancy that we could afford yet. Dad did offer on a place twice actually but it was refused.... Dad's thinking of looking up near Saskatoon sometime this week but he's not certain yet.... the people we got the dutch belted milk cows from when we used to live up here said that there's a couple good areas that we might try looking into.... but so far we're just praying for wisdom and guidance from God.
We're enjoying our Cd's and DVD's from Gaither's and EHSS.... good music for the most part and also a wonderful spirit that they all seem to posses not only up on stage but also in daily life. Aren't you glad that God has forgiven you're sins? And that you'll go to heaven when you die? Hey check up the verses in Psalms 30: 8-12.... those scriptures have really spoken to me lately. :-) God is so good how can we help but shout it from the house tops... live our lives like He's coming back any time (which he is) and tell every one what great things God has done for you! :-) It's a great God we serve and love... What amazing Love that sent Jesus to calvary to die for my sins.... how He suffered just so I could be forgiven in the sight of God the Father! Thank you so much Jesus! Just to know that when you cry Jesus cries with you and when you lose some one Jesus is right there bearing the pain with you... We have to trust it to Jesus Christ to take us through, He never will leave us alone, we'll always have a friend in Jesus... when we know that we're in the right way and every one seems to be against us we must keep on.... Never Give Up, Never Give In.... love that song... “No matter what test you have to face, you can over come it if you keep up faith” “The same very same God of the Bible days still answers prayers like He did back then... so never give up, never give in” If you're wondering, that's off of Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, CD, Dream on. Great voices and I love so many songs on there.... just to name a few.... Dream On, Reason Enough, A Good Heart, Sundays are Made for Times like These, We need each other, Between the Cross and Heaven.... Okay, Okay guess I like 'em all. :-)
I should close this up... Lydia's going into town with Dad and Mom so she can post this on the blog.... Ya'll have a great day and God bless you as you serve Him!
Hannah
Hello to one and all who read this blog... :-) we've all been doing well and getting along like family. Which I'm sure that those who know us will testify as we always talk to each other so endearingly... LOL! Today being Sunday and nothing to do at the house in Waldon the whole family headed out for Yorkton and area.... Mom to do some necessary shopping with Naomi, Ruth and Sara while the rest of us were dropped off at Eugene P. place to work with the horses.... Dad trimmed Kid (Martha's horse) and Alpache (Lydia's horse) and the rest of us played/worked with our horses. Dad's hands are kind of weak from not doing much the past year so he's kind of cryin' the blues that he can't grip the clippers and knife very well.... Maybe next week he can do two more horses and slowly we'll get them all done. Lydia and I have our horses for sale in the Bargain hunter here.... Alpache and $2000 and Millie for $1700.... we'd like to get them sold sometime this spring. Only as the Lord wills though. :-)
Monday the 27th .... wrote a letter today, made bread, and took a walk.... decent day in all though I didn't practice music today.... Oh well maybe tomorrow. :-) Ellie's birthday is on May 3rd.... she'll be 19. Jesse's birthday is May 26th he'll be 16 and Naomi's is on May 31st she'll be 23.... guess we're all getting older.... :-) not decrepit... just older. “grins” Guess it's hard to be old when you've just had a baby even though your eldest is 23.... guess Dad and Mom had better be getting on the ball marrying us off so as not to have to many kids in the house at one time. We tease that Ruth and Sara are going to be married before the rest of us kids.... mostly because all the young men and women we know all are around Priscilla's age. :-) Just pray and keep smiling around here... ;-)
I'm on Lunch this week and on bread.... so I'll be pretty busy every couple days having to make both in the morning.... today I had a roast for lunch so I wasn't to rushed making bread.... I have to admit to loving cooking.... not all day though as that gets rather tiresome but for every meal I don't mind that. Well I take that back.... the only thing I could make all day and enjoy doing so, is Donuts.... but in our house there's a ban on donut making so I just dream about it... LOL!
Weather's been rather sluggish here.... been cloudy and kind of chilly the past several days.... today it was sunny for a bit in the afternoon but it had clouded over by the time Lydia and I went walking... we're trying to walk about 6 miles a day some days less some days like today we walked about 7 miles... not much to do in the afternoons here so it's nice to take a 'relaxing' walk for a few hours to take up the time. :-) Heard the ruffed grouse doing his mating thumping.... it's really neat to hear them and to see and hear the geese as they court.... spring is definitely here.... the red wing black birds that nest in the sloughs are back as well... meadow larks are singing as you walk past the killdeer are back and one of the most colorful birds has already passed though the area.... I don't have a clue what they're named but they're very 'bright' blue and have a sweet call.... they pass through this area early spring just when the first geese are showing up... they only stay for a week or so then head farther north for the summer nesting grounds, but it is nice to see them in the spring. The barn swallows aren't here yet but yesterday I saw a black cap chickadee.... I love the yellow finch and the orioles that we sometimes get up here... when we lived near Melville a pair of orioles once nested in our yard and we always had barn swallows in the barn. Life on the farm... :-)
No place has really caught our fancy that we could afford yet. Dad did offer on a place twice actually but it was refused.... Dad's thinking of looking up near Saskatoon sometime this week but he's not certain yet.... the people we got the dutch belted milk cows from when we used to live up here said that there's a couple good areas that we might try looking into.... but so far we're just praying for wisdom and guidance from God.
We're enjoying our Cd's and DVD's from Gaither's and EHSS.... good music for the most part and also a wonderful spirit that they all seem to posses not only up on stage but also in daily life. Aren't you glad that God has forgiven you're sins? And that you'll go to heaven when you die? Hey check up the verses in Psalms 30: 8-12.... those scriptures have really spoken to me lately. :-) God is so good how can we help but shout it from the house tops... live our lives like He's coming back any time (which he is) and tell every one what great things God has done for you! :-) It's a great God we serve and love... What amazing Love that sent Jesus to calvary to die for my sins.... how He suffered just so I could be forgiven in the sight of God the Father! Thank you so much Jesus! Just to know that when you cry Jesus cries with you and when you lose some one Jesus is right there bearing the pain with you... We have to trust it to Jesus Christ to take us through, He never will leave us alone, we'll always have a friend in Jesus... when we know that we're in the right way and every one seems to be against us we must keep on.... Never Give Up, Never Give In.... love that song... “No matter what test you have to face, you can over come it if you keep up faith” “The same very same God of the Bible days still answers prayers like He did back then... so never give up, never give in” If you're wondering, that's off of Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, CD, Dream on. Great voices and I love so many songs on there.... just to name a few.... Dream On, Reason Enough, A Good Heart, Sundays are Made for Times like These, We need each other, Between the Cross and Heaven.... Okay, Okay guess I like 'em all. :-)
I should close this up... Lydia's going into town with Dad and Mom so she can post this on the blog.... Ya'll have a great day and God bless you as you serve Him!
Hannah
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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