What a Face!

This face belongs to one of the non-releasable grizzly bears that lives at the Montana Grizzly Encounter near Bozeman, MT.

The Library of Celsus

The Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. It was built in honor of the Roman senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaenus between 110 A.D. and 117 A.D. by Celsus' son  The library reportedly was one of the most impressive buildings in the Roman empire. 

Built to hold 12,000 scrolls, it also serves as a mausoleum for Celsus, who is buried in a crypt under the building. The Library of Celsus was the third largest library of the ancient world, after only those at Alexandria, Egypt, and Pergamum, Turkey. Only the front facade still stands.

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This colorful image was taken inside a large Catholic church in Managua, Nicaragua. I like the colors and the repeating patterns.

One for the Road

These three equestrians rode their horses down a beach in Nicaragua on a hot day. They rode a short distance, then turned around and headed back toward the restaurant where I was having lunch. They stopped, two dismounted, and they then returned with a beer for each rider.