John Rylands Library

Today Hubs and I visited John Rylands Library.  What a beautiful and interesting place!

"The John Rylands Library was founded by Enriqueta Rylands in memory of her husband John Rylands. In 1889 the architect Basil Champneys designed the striking gothic building, which took ten years to build and was opened to public readers on 1 January 1900.

The library became part of The University of Manchester in 1972 and currently holds the Special Collections of The University of Manchester Library. Mrs Rylands' memorial to her husband is now part of the third largest academic library in the United Kingdom, and the Deansgate building houses over 250,000 printed volumes, and well over a million manuscripts and archival items."  John Rylands Library

They just don't make buildings like this any more!

Beautiful high ceilings

Spot the peeping dragon!

The main hall of books

Cat heaven

We visited a local animal sanctuary today.  We love to visit the dogs, cats, guinea pigs, goats, donkeys and other animals.

My favourite place was the building that houses the older cats.

It's like cat-lovers' heaven.

I have the best hubs

I was feeling a bit low and hubs came home with these.  He's a keeper! xx

Celebrating the end of exams

Yay, end of exams!

Time to go out with our girls.

Painting from the imagination

Moon-spill

GK Chesterton Quote

Picture taken at a local reservoir

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11

Praise God.

So a while ago I was constantly having coughing fits for no apparent reason.  I went to the hospital and had a camera up my nostril (ouch) and then down into my throat.

They found I had a small nodule near my voicebox which needed removing.

People at my church and home group had been praying and I had not had any coughing fits for a while.

Today I went into hospital to have it removed.  Obviously before I went I had to clean the house...hubby was amused.

First we waited for a while and then I went through and put on the lovely hospital gown that you have to wear and I sat then in a different waiting room with other people in hospital gowns.

First I saw a nurse who took my blood pressure and asked me how I was.  I told her I wasn't coughing anymore.

Then I saw an anaesthetist who asked me various questions and explained the anaesthetic.  He asked how my health was, I told him I wasn't coughing anymore.

I then saw the registrar who would be assisting that day in theatre, he asked me various questions.  I told him I wasn't coughing anymore.

Finally, I saw the consultant who would be doing the operation.  I told him I wasn't coughing anymore.  And he listened!  I had another camera down to have a look in my throat.

And...the nodule isn't there anymore.  Not even a mark!

I didn't need the operation.  Praise God!!