Anthophile (Anthophiles in plural) means anyone who loves flowers like sunflowers.
Sunflower meanings include happiness, optimism, honesty, longevity, peace, admiration, and devotion.
- Full of positive meanings. A sunflower tattoo tells the world that you are an optimist who looks to the bright side of life. It may also demonstrate that you are a person who is loyal and devoted to your faith, your craft, or those you love. It can also indicate that you are a person who believes that world peace is within our grasp.
- Sunflowers remind people of those who seek deeper spiritual understanding and even enlightenment. Often growing in fields full of other sunflowers, they also represent the community and fellow devotees to a given faith. They turn to face the sun.
- Admiration and devotion – religious faith. Sunflowers are also symbols of respect and steadfast faith. They turn their bright faces to follow the sun. So, a sunflower can also represent loyalty and devotion to another person, a group of people, children, animals, or a cause. It can also mean dedication to a professional calling or hobby.
- They are also symbols of vitality and longevity.
- Sunflowers naturally turn towards the sunlight. Because they gravitate towards the light, they are also symbols of truth and honesty. As they symbolise the idea of “shedding light on a manner,” sunflowers embody the saying, “The truth will set you free.”
- Sunflowers are famous for turning their big round faces towards the sun. For this reason, they are also symbols of optimism. Sunflowers, quite literally, look to the bright side.
- Like the sun’s own radiance, sunflowers send positive vibes. They are the perfect flowers to bring more joy to a garden or to put a smile on someone’s face. Optimism is also a form of gratitude in that it honours the many gifts in life. So, sunflowers also make lovely thank you gifts.
Yesterday (May 10th 2022), I received my orders – sunflower seeds and one envelope from my mother’s friend in Raglan.
What was the reason I decided to get and grow sunflowers here? Mm, how can I explain here?
First of all, my favourite flowers are sunflower, lavender, roses, tulips, daffodils, freesias and wisteria climber. Recently there was a severe car accident (three vehicles) near our property – a young baby and mother died, the loss of the Deaf Man, the past uncles and cousins and Ukrainian want to retain their own country against Russia through Peace, not war. One day in late February, a young girl who lives across the road from us came over and wondered if I could grow a sunflower garden here. Why not? We have plenty of space to grow flowers, vegetables and trees on our property except to reserve one room for my partner’s work truck to park. We will decide where to plant the sunflower seeds against the windy and even the pest animals – rabbits.
Here is the photo of the needlework – a butterfly made by the Deaf man who passed away yesterday. His name is Eric, and he lost his Deaf older brother recently and left his second Deaf older brother and his Deaf wife. Eric’s gift to me in 2008 is ways for the work I supported him and his wife throughout the years and as a friend in the Deaf community. His needlework of the butterfly remains in my office in Hamilton, where I work under the Social Service as a deaf advocator, specialised community worker and tutor.
Life in Eureka 