Avian Collages

The primary theme of these collages are avian or bird. There's a prominent bird in each, though I haven't a clue as to the names of these birds but they do bring in something that shows their free spirit and the will to fly away into distant skies. I would request all of you, never to catch or cage a bird. Birds by nature are meant to soar and fly, don't imprison them just because you like the looks of one or wish to hear it repeat some silly words. Set them free, they love freedom as much as you do. Let's all pledge to this. Thank you

Rebus Collection

By definition, Rebus is 'A puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words'

Sometime back while I was toying with my collages and images that I collect all the time, I thought of forming words and proverbs using images and pictures instead of writing these words. At the time I started forming my Rebus collections, I had no idea that the word 'Rebus' exists and there indeed used to be a practice of using pictures to depict meaningful coded messages in the olden days. In fact it is a form of cryptography. My son who saw my images forming words and messages first told me about Rebus and when I looked it up in the net I realized I had hit upon an idea through which I could express many things without actually writing the words down. Over the months, I have now formed a sizable collection of such Rebus puzzles. Here I present 11 such puzzles, the answers to these have been provided at the end, but I would strongly recommend you to first try and solve it yourself. Happy puzzling to you all...

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Refreshing hike to a mountain village in Spiti

You decide who is more confused, the hubby or the parrot! 

Safari for all the wildlife lovers who are wild at heart

Kedarnath Temple

This picture has several possibilities - car has broken down / they have quarreled / he is admiring the scenery and she is admiring herself :)

Wildlife Collages

My love for nature is all inclusive and I have always been fascinated by the wildlife. Though at times, observing human behavior I am inclined to think if it is we human who are wild and not the ones we call wildlife! As I continued with my collages, I experimented with various themes, ideas, visuals and stories. I now have over 50 such collages. I have earlier posted collages depicting landscape and nature. In this edition I would like to offer some of the collages that highlight the wildlife in their natural habitat. 

I cannot claim that these are true representation of jungles and wildernesses of our planet, but they are part of my imagination filled with colors and shapes that I often see and wish the world would see too. These collages are also meant to serve as reminders for us city dwellers that it is up to us to keep our world green and full of natural splendors and there's no better depiction of life than the so called 'wildlife'. If only we could learn from them. Therefore with hope and humility I present the following - 

A forest full of trees with tigers lurking not necessarily hungry

Oceans are vast and unfathomable. We have much to learn from the sea

Perhaps African wilderness is somewhat like this... 

Such roads do criss cross many forests around the world, I wonder how many of us venture out