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The Guardian
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Five Great Reads: ‘Shrinking girl summer', Sharon Stone, and Peter Carey's Ned Kelly
Happy Saturday! I'm back selecting some of my favourite reads from the past seven days. Photographer Anne Geddes reflecting on the Cabbage Kids and the flowerpot babies that made her famous almost passed me by – see it as a little treat before we dig in. The body positivity movement seems to be dead, and no one is trying to resuscitate it. If previous years had 'Brat summer' and 'hot girl summer', Rose Stokes says we are now living through the northern hemisphere's 'shrinking girl summer'. Adele, Lizzo, Oprah Winfrey: You name it! Celebrities and, it seems, nearly everyone else have tried weight-loss drugs. Even Stokes did. Torment and temptation: But for overweight people who choose not to take the jabs, or for whom they don't work, the 'pervasive trend' is making life harder. How long will it take to read: Seven minutes. You might remember a few newsletters ago I recommended a story on prepping going mainstream in the UK. Consider this your follow-up: on the Australians dedicating their lives to preparing for the end of civilisation. Survivalism: Kate Lyons interviews preppers, 'country prepared' people and even a 'bush survivalist' to better understand their methods and motives. Expert: Australians tend to be more 'practical' preppers (in case of bushfires or other natural disasters, where supplies will eventually come) says Bradley Garrett, a geographer and researcher in preppers. While in America: Prepping is on the rise in the US amid a second Trump presidency. 'They're much more concerned that help is not going to arrive and you're on your own,' he says. How long will it take to read: Five and a half minutes. Before Sharon Stone found out whether she had won an Oscar for her performance in Casino, Francis Ford Coppola told her she wouldn't win. It was at a pre-ceremony party. When she asked why, the Hollywood director replied, 'I didn't win it for The Godfather and Marty didn't win it for Raging Bull and you're not going to win it for Casino,' she tells Simon Hattenstone. 'So that is what I have carried through my life – that I am a big fat loser like Marty and Francis Ford Coppola.' – Sharon Stone Why Stone never got offered any big roles after that movie or nomination is something that has plagued the actor for the decades since. 'Too good': Her theory as to why is a must read. How long will it take to read: 10 minutes. Sign up to Five Great Reads Each week our editors select five of the most interesting, entertaining and thoughtful reads published by Guardian Australia and our international colleagues. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Saturday morning after newsletter promotion Peter Carey says his literary muse came to him when he was to standing in front of a Sidney Nolan painting. He was a few years out of school, and there the figure was: Ned Kelly. Carey might not have known it then, but he would go on 'to make modern poetry from the voice of a hero who was condemned to death' into a Booker-winning masterpiece. And in this read, he shares just how he did it. Readers' reply: 'It will, and should, give any aspiring author not only pause, but inspiration.' How long will it take to read: Four and a half minutes. Apparently Stephen King doesn't like doing interviews very much. Perhaps he did this one because it was led by our wonderful readers. In it, King reveals his sources of inspiration, the colour of fear, knowing when to quit – and why manual labour is invaluable for writers. His take on Trump? Impeachment is the solution, but 'it's a horror story either way'. How long will it take to read: Four minutes. Further reading: 'She's the one that matters': the growing influence of Melania on Donald Trump, by Patrick Wintour, is a final must-read. If you would like to receive these Five Great Reads to your email inbox every weekend, sign up here. And check out out the full list of our local and international newsletters.
The Guardian
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘We popped the baby in a flowerpot!' Anne Geddes on the beloved photos that made her famous
When Anne Geddes began shooting her famous photographs, she soon learned she would need a backup baby – or 20. 'Connecting with a child who considers you a stranger is high stress,' she says. 'I remember trying to shoot one baby sitting in a tank of water, surrounded by waterlilies. It took five babies to make it work. One of them was even called Lily, but she was not having a bar of it. She looked at me as if to say: 'You think I'm getting in that water?'' She describes the practicalities of one of her best-known shots, 1991's Cabbage Kids. It shows twin brothers Rhys and Grant with cabbage-leaf hats on their heads, each sitting in an upturned cabbage, turning to one another with mild alarm. Geddes' assistant had tied a balloon to a piece of string, lowering it between them and whipping it up the moment they turned. Geddes got the shot. 'That whole world has changed; that income has gone,' says the 68-year-old Australian from her home in Manhattan, New York. Technology has changed everything. She calls Cabbage Kids 'authentic': 'The props were all real. It was all in my garage. It's funny; with Photoshop and AI, it makes me sad to think that if you came to my work now, you might question whether it was real. 'I think original stories will always prevail. That's why having people and humans behind the photographs is important. AI can't replicate that.' If you grew up in the 1990s, there is every chance that, like me, you tacked a Geddes poster to your wall. Babies upright in a flowerpot or a bucket, or gazing sleepily from a peony, a calla lily or a bed of roses. Some were dressed as bumblebees, others with little fairy wings, snoozing on a bed of crisp autumn leaves. The images are whimsical, otherworldly and sometimes plain weird. But they have that rare quality of appealing to children without being childish and have begun popping up again, often ironically, on social media. They were disseminated initially not just on Hallmark greetings cards, but also on the cover of Vogue Homme, in a Dior advert and even in a 2004 book with Céline Dion (the best image shows the singer holding aloft a baby asleep inside an amniotic sac). The height of that period, for Geddes, was appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show: 'She came out carrying two babies dressed as bumblebees and we shot up the New York Times bestseller list!' But for many millennials, the peak of her fame was the episode of Friends in which Elle Macpherson's character, Janine, moved in with Joey and attempted to 'girlify' his apartment using Geddes' photograph Tayla as a Waterlily. Geddes is striking, with silver hair, high cheekbones and bright skin, like Meryl Streep if Streep wore her cap backwards. She sits in front of a generic backdrop, warm, if a little reserved, speaking slowly and carefully about bumblebee suits and lily pads. It's almost 30 years since she created Down in the Garden, a series of photographs of babies in and around flora and fauna, some of which will appear in her first ever retrospective, at the New Art Museum in Tübingen, Germany, this month. Among the 150 images are identical triplets sleeping in the hands of Jack, a school groundsman, whose hands also appeared in her 1993 photograph of Maneesha, a baby born prematurely at 28 weeks. For years, people have written to tell Geddes they keep this hopeful image on their fridge. Another photograph is of Tuli and Nyla. Geddes had two days in the studio, lots of babies and a giant Polaroid camera. 'I had no props, but you need a vague plan when you work with babies, as you have to work quickly,' she says. When Nyla began fussing, Tuli rocked her and whispered into her hair. She grabbed the moment. Geddes refers to these prop-less, slightly quieter pictures as her 'classic work' and the babies in flowerbeds as 'what they know' – 'they' being people like me, who grew up with them. 'After Down in the Garden came out, it was all pots, pots, pots,' she says. 'It was like I had a flowerpot tattooed on my forehead. People always want the flowerpots! But I'm like: I do other things. And what I'm looking forward to is that people will see the other work. This exhibition is really the first time anyone has asked me to do this.' Despite selling more than 10m calendars and almost twice as many copies of her seven coffee‑table books (for context, EL James shifted fewer copies of Fifty Shades of Grey in its first decade), Geddes hasn't always been treated with reverence in an industry dominated by single-name stars such as Bailey and Rankin. Is it snobbery? 'It's just a bit of a guy industry,' she says. '[Men] would say: 'I used to shoot babies, but then I moved on to landscapes.' I was always puzzled. To me, babies are magical.' The response to the baby pictures has sometimes been frustrating, she says. 'People said I was a one-shot wonder. I'm just as interested in shooting pregnant women or new mothers. It's just people don't want to talk about that as much.' With some earnestness, she says she now prefers photographing anything pertaining to the 'promise of new life, the miracle of pregnancy and birth'; she hopes the exhibition will draw attention to that. 'I've found that once the Europeans say: 'This is amazing,' then the Americans are like: 'We want this, too.' It has to be that way round.' Geddes was born in 1956 and grew up on a 10,500-hectare (26,000-acre) ranch in Queensland alongside four sisters. They were country kids who attended a two-room primary school. Photography wasn't a big part of her life: 'I only have three images of myself under two and none of me as a newborn.' As a teenager, she subscribed to Life magazine and became fascinated by the idea of telling a story through an image. Still, she lingered on the periphery of photography, going to work in television, where she met her husband, Kel. It was in those corridors that she came across the 'magic' of the darkroom. Shortly after they met, the couple moved to Hong Kong, where Kel was running a new TV station. 'Then we got married and I thought: I've got a roof over my head, now's the time to pick up a camera.' She began putting up adverts in supermarkets, offering to photograph families and children, traipsing around their gardens and homes with a Pentax K1000 she borrowed from her husband. When she was back in Australia and pregnant with her second daughter, now 40, Geddes began taking her classic baby pictures. She realised that, in a studio, she could control everything. She started taking photos for new parents, spending months creating elaborate sets in her garage and trying out different props. A lot of the shots came about by accident. One day, a six-month-old called Chelsea was brought in for a portrait and Geddes spotted an empty flowerpot in the back of the studio: 'We just popped her in there.' To keep her comfortable, she lined the pot with fabric. After a few months, she sent a collection of these images to a small greetings card company. That was that. At the beginning, she would put a call out for babies and take 'whoever came through the door'. But she learned to be discerning. 'Under four weeks is good. If they're full of milk and warm, they'll sleep.' She also liked working with six- and seven‑month-olds, 'because they're not mobile, but suddenly they're sitting and have this whole new perspective. Also, their heads are too big for their bodies, which is funny.' 'The more you charge [for a portrait], the more they want you to make magic with a two-year-old who is having a bad day,' she says. As she became well known, 'people began sending in photos of their babies, or rang from the labour ward in tears saying: 'I've just had the most wonderful baby.' I was just like: 'OK, yup, sure, let's go.'' The images that appeared in calendars, posters, books and magazines were always used 'with the permission of the parents', she says, and the parents were always on set. 'To me, a naked newborn baby is perfect,' she says. 'They are us, essentially good people, at the start of their lives, and that's what I love about them. That's what I was trying to capture. You look at these tyrants that are running rampant [in politics] and think: they were once newborns. What happened? Why didn't your mothers just tell you to sit down and behave?' Her main inspiration is May Gibbs' 1918 book Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, about little brothers who went on intrepid adventures in the Australian bush: 'Photographers have to have their own visual signature. This became mine.' Her success is unusual, given how kitsch her images are. 'This subject of mine is not deemed to be art and that's been evident throughout my career,' she says. But that was also the point. 'It was meant to be a children's story, not serious.' Does she think it would be harder to make her images now, in the digital era, because of privacy concerns? She says she doesn't think the web has affected her work in that way: 'I know a lot of people talk about having their babies online, or not having them online, but this sort of work is not exposing the babies personally.' Geddes still refers to her images by the name of each baby, partly because she is still in touch with some of them. She recently put out a call, hoping to reunite with the babies, now in their 30s, many of whom are parents themselves. After we speak, I go to bed and begin scrolling through pictures of my own baby, asleep in the room next door. We love looking at our own babies, but why do we like looking at other people's, too? We don't always, says Geddes. She once came close to winning a big portrait award in New Zealand. 'I remember the head of Kodak in New Zealand coming up to me and saying: 'Thank God you didn't win. How could we have a baby on the boardroom wall?'' Anne Geddes' retrospective exhibition, Until Now, runs from 16 August until 21 September at Art 28, Neues Kunstmuseum Tübingen, Germany
The Guardian
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘We popped the baby in a flowerpot!' Anne Geddes on the beloved photos that made her famous
When Anne Geddes began shooting her famous photographs, she soon learned she would need a backup baby – or 20. 'Connecting with a child who considers you a stranger is high stress,' she says. 'I remember trying to shoot one baby sitting in a tank of water, surrounded by waterlilies. It took five babies to make it work. One of them was even called Lily, but she was not having a bar of it. She looked at me as if to say: 'You think I'm getting in that water?'' She describes the practicalities of one of her best-known shots, 1991's Cabbage Kids. It shows twin brothers Rhys and Grant with cabbage-leaf hats on their heads, each sitting in an upturned cabbage, turning to one another with mild alarm. Geddes' assistant had tied a balloon to a piece of string, lowering it between them and whipping it up the moment they turned. Geddes got the shot. 'That whole world has changed; that income has gone,' says the 68-year-old Australian from her home in Manhattan, New York. Technology has changed everything. She calls Cabbage Kids 'authentic': 'The props were all real. It was all in my garage. It's funny; with Photoshop and AI, it makes me sad to think that if you came to my work now, you might question whether it was real. 'I think original stories will always prevail. That's why having people and humans behind the photographs is important. AI can't replicate that.' If you grew up in the 1990s, there is every chance that, like me, you tacked a Geddes poster to your wall. Babies upright in a flowerpot or a bucket, or gazing sleepily from a peony, a calla lily or a bed of roses. Some were dressed as bumblebees, others with little fairy wings, snoozing on a bed of crisp autumn leaves. The images are whimsical, otherworldly and sometimes plain weird. But they have that rare quality of appealing to children without being childish and have begun popping up again, often ironically, on social media. They were disseminated initially not just on Hallmark greetings cards, but also on the cover of Vogue Homme, in a Dior advert and even in a 2004 book with Céline Dion (the best image shows the singer holding aloft a baby asleep inside an amniotic sac). The height of that period, for Geddes, was appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show: 'She came out carrying two babies dressed as bumblebees and we shot up the New York Times bestseller list!' But for many millennials, the peak of her fame was the episode of Friends in which Elle Macpherson's character, Janine, moved in with Joey and attempted to 'girlify' his apartment using Geddes' photograph Tayla as a Waterlily. Geddes is striking, with silver hair, high cheekbones and bright skin, like Meryl Streep if Streep wore her cap backwards. She sits in front of a generic backdrop, warm, if a little reserved, speaking slowly and carefully about bumblebee suits and lily pads. It's almost 30 years since she created Down in the Garden, a series of photographs of babies in and around flora and fauna, some of which will appear in her first ever retrospective, at the New Art Museum in Tübingen, Germany, this month. Among the 150 images are identical triplets sleeping in the hands of Jack, a school groundsman, whose hands also appeared in her 1993 photograph of Maneesha, a baby born prematurely at 28 weeks. For years, people have written to tell Geddes they keep this hopeful image on their fridge. Another photograph is of Tuli and Nyla. Geddes had two days in the studio, lots of babies and a giant Polaroid camera. 'I had no props, but you need a vague plan when you work with babies, as you have to work quickly,' she says. When Nyla began fussing, Tuli rocked her and whispered into her hair. She grabbed the moment. Geddes refers to these prop-less, slightly quieter pictures as her 'classic work' and the babies in flowerbeds as 'what they know' – 'they' being people like me, who grew up with them. 'After Down in the Garden came out, it was all pots, pots, pots,' she says. 'It was like I had a flowerpot tattooed on my forehead. People always want the flowerpots! But I'm like: I do other things. And what I'm looking forward to is that people will see the other work. This exhibition is really the first time anyone has asked me to do this.' Despite selling more than 10m calendars and almost twice as many copies of her seven coffee‑table books (for context, EL James shifted fewer copies of Fifty Shades of Grey in its first decade), Geddes hasn't always been treated with reverence in an industry dominated by single-name stars such as Bailey and Rankin. Is it snobbery? 'It's just a bit of a guy industry,' she says. '[Men] would say: 'I used to shoot babies, but then I moved on to landscapes.' I was always puzzled. To me, babies are magical.' The response to the baby pictures has sometimes been frustrating, she says. 'People said I was a one-shot wonder. I'm just as interested in shooting pregnant women or new mothers. It's just people don't want to talk about that as much.' With some earnestness, she says she now prefers photographing anything pertaining to the 'promise of new life, the miracle of pregnancy and birth'; she hopes the exhibition will draw attention to that. 'I've found that once the Europeans say: 'This is amazing,' then the Americans are like: 'We want this, too.' It has to be that way round.' Geddes was born in 1956 and grew up on a 10,500-hectare (26,000-acre) ranch in Queensland alongside four sisters. They were country kids who attended a two-room primary school. Photography wasn't a big part of her life: 'I only have three images of myself under two and none of me as a newborn.' As a teenager, she subscribed to Life magazine and became fascinated by the idea of telling a story through an image. Still, she lingered on the periphery of photography, going to work in television, where she met her husband, Kel. It was in those corridors that she came across the 'magic' of the darkroom. Shortly after they met, the couple moved to Hong Kong, where Kel was running a new TV station. 'Then we got married and I thought: I've got a roof over my head, now's the time to pick up a camera.' She began putting up adverts in supermarkets, offering to photograph families and children, traipsing around their gardens and homes with a Pentax K1000 she borrowed from her husband. When she was back in Australia and pregnant with her second daughter, now 40, Geddes began taking her classic baby pictures. She realised that, in a studio, she could control everything. She started taking photos for new parents, spending months creating elaborate sets in her garage and trying out different props. A lot of the shots came about by accident. One day, a six-month-old called Chelsea was brought in for a portrait and Geddes spotted an empty flowerpot in the back of the studio: 'We just popped her in there.' To keep her comfortable, she lined the pot with fabric. After a few months, she sent a collection of these images to a small greetings card company. That was that. At the beginning, she would put a call out for babies and take 'whoever came through the door'. But she learned to be discerning. 'Under four weeks is good. If they're full of milk and warm, they'll sleep.' She also liked working with six- and seven‑month-olds, 'because they're not mobile, but suddenly they're sitting and have this whole new perspective. Also, their heads are too big for their bodies, which is funny.' 'The more you charge [for a portrait], the more they want you to make magic with a two-year-old who is having a bad day,' she says. As she became well known, 'people began sending in photos of their babies, or rang from the labour ward in tears saying: 'I've just had the most wonderful baby.' I was just like: 'OK, yup, sure, let's go.'' The images that appeared in calendars, posters, books and magazines were always used 'with the permission of the parents', she says, and the parents were always on set. 'To me, a naked newborn baby is perfect,' she says. 'They are us, essentially good people, at the start of their lives, and that's what I love about them. That's what I was trying to capture. You look at these tyrants that are running rampant [in politics] and think: they were once newborns. What happened? Why didn't your mothers just tell you to sit down and behave?' Her main inspiration is May Gibbs' 1918 book Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, about little brothers who went on intrepid adventures in the Australian bush: 'Photographers have to have their own visual signature. This became mine.' Her success is unusual, given how kitsch her images are. 'This subject of mine is not deemed to be art and that's been evident throughout my career,' she says. But that was also the point. 'It was meant to be a children's story, not serious.' Does she think it would be harder to make her images now, in the digital era, because of privacy concerns? She says she doesn't think the web has affected her work in that way: 'I know a lot of people talk about having their babies online, or not having them online, but this sort of work is not exposing the babies personally.' Geddes still refers to her images by the name of each baby, partly because she is still in touch with some of them. She recently put out a call, hoping to reunite with the babies, now in their 30s, many of whom are parents themselves. After we speak, I go to bed and begin scrolling through pictures of my own baby, asleep in the room next door. We love looking at our own babies, but why do we like looking at other people's, too? We don't always, says Geddes. She once came close to winning a big portrait award in New Zealand. 'I remember the head of Kodak in New Zealand coming up to me and saying: 'Thank God you didn't win. How could we have a baby on the boardroom wall?'' Anne Geddes' retrospective exhibition, Until Now, runs from 16 August until 21 September at Art 28, Neues Kunstmuseum Tübingen, Germany
Economic Times
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
Happy Fathers day 2025 wishes: Top 100 messages, quotes, greetings images, Instagram hashtags, WhatsApp & Facebook status and more
Here are top wishes, messages, greetings and more to share with your father: Happy Fathers Day Messages 2025 Dad, your love and wisdom have shaped the person I am today. Happy Father's Day! To the world's greatest dad—thank you for your constant presence and support. Your strength and guidance inspire me every single day. Wishing you a beautiful Father's Day! Happy Father's Day to the man who taught me life's most valuable lessons. Your love means everything. Thank you for being my anchor and my role model. I'm forever grateful, Dad. You've always been my hero, Dad. Hope your Father's Day is as amazing as you are. To the man who helped me become who I am—Happy Father's Day. I love you deeply. Your sacrifices and unconditional love have made all the difference. Thank you, Dad. To the best dad ever—your love and endless support mean the world. Dad, you'll always be my first and forever hero. Happy Father's Day! Happy Father's Day! Thanks for not trading me for better-behaved kids. You're one in a million, Dad—just like all the other dads say. To the fixer of all things (except the Wi-Fi), Happy Father's Day! Thanks for the dad jokes, even the ones that make me groan. Happy Father's Day! Happy Father's Day! Clearly, you're the reason I turned out this awesome. Cheers to the world's greatest dad—today and always. Honouring the man who helped shape my dreams and drive. To the one who's always been in my corner—Happy Father's Day, Dad. You're my first hero, my forever cheerleader. Happy Father's Day! To the man who taught me the ropes—Happy Father's Day, Dad! Happy First Father's Day! Watching you with our little one has been pure joy. To the incredible man who's been like a father to me—thank you for everything. Happy Father's Day to a wonderful stepdad—your love has truly meant everything. Though we're miles apart, you're always in my thoughts. Happy Father's Day, Dad. 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Vanniarachchy "The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams, and aspirations he sets not only for himself but for his family." – Reed Markham "Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." – Chetan Bhagat "The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking." – Dan Pearce "The power of a dad in a child's life is unmatched." – Justin Ricklefs "No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child." – Abraham Lincoln 'Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.' – Erika Cosby 'It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.' – Johann Friedrich von Schiller 'My father didn't tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it.' – Clarence Budington Kelland 'Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song.' – Pam Brown 'Dads are like chocolate chip cookies — they may have chips or be a little nutty, but they're sweet and make the world better.' – Hillary Lytle 'One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.' – George Herbert 'No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word—father.' – Lydia Maria Child 'I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.' – Sigmund Freud 'My father didn't do anything unusual. He only did what dads are supposed to do—be there.' – Max Lucado 'Fatherhood is the great thing that could ever happen. You can't explain it until it happens—it's like telling someone what water feels like before they've ever swam in it.' – Michael Bublé 'A father's smile has been known to light up a child's entire day.' —Susan Gale 'When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back.' – Linda Poindexter 'A father's love is forever imprinted on his child's heart.' – Jennifer Williamson 'It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.' —Anne Sexton 'There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.' – George R.R. Martin 'Dads are the ones who are always there when you need them most — even if they're no longer physically here.' – Oprah Winfrey Happy Fathers Day Images 2025 Agencies Agencies Agencies Agencies Agencies Happy Fathers Day 2025 Status for WhatsApp, Facebook Chanda ne poocha thaaron ne poocha hazaaron pyaaraa kaun hai? Papa, mere mere mere mere papa 'A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society." —Billy Graham Meri duniyaa, meri duniyaa, meri duniyaa too hee khushiya, meri khushiya meri khushiya too hee re (too hee re)...Meri duniyaa, meri duniyaa, meri duniyaa too hee khushiya, meri khushiya, meri khushiya too hee din tere liye sajde karoon duaen mangoo yahaan apanae liye rab se teri balaayen mangoo re 'Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of heart." — Nelson Mandela Hope your day is filled with laughter, love, and all the recognition you wish for. Happy Father's day! 'No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word—father." — Lydia Maria Child Paapaa kehthe the, badaa naam hamaaraa aisa kaam ye to koyi naa meri manzil, hai kahaan? 'So that the heart of a father may feel pride, let the mouth of the child speak nothing but gratitude." —Thomas Bailey Aldrich 'To her, the name of father was another name for love." — Fanny Fern Thanks for the innumerable times you took my hand and showed me the way when I was lost. Happy fathers day! 'Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." — Wade Boggs Thank you for being my guiding light and my biggest supporter. Happy Father's Day, Dad! Life's greatest blessing is having a dad like you. Enjoy your special day! Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song." —Pam Brown 'The power of a dad in a child's life is unmatched." —Justin Ricklefs Thank you for stepping up when I needed a father the most. 'My father didn't tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it." —Clarence Budington Kelland Today, we celebrate the incredible father you are and all the wonderful things you do. Happy Father's Day! Happy Father's Day 2025 Instagram captions and hashtags Dad, my first hero and forever friend. ❤️ To the man who taught me strength without saying a word. You've always had my back, now I've got yours. Happy Father's Day to my favourite human. Cheers to the king of our family castle! Dad: part teacher, part best mate, all love. Strong hands, kind heart — that's my dad. You've given me the best gift — your love. Not all heroes wear capes… mine wears slippers. Life's better with a dad like you. You taught me how to walk and how to stand tall. Today's for you, Dad — thank you for everything. You'll always be my number one. Dad, you make ordinary days feel special. From piggyback rides to life advice — love you always. Best mates since day one. Thank you for being my calm in every storm. Celebrating you today, and every day. I may outgrow your lap, but never your heart. Just a child saying thanks to the greatest dad ever. Father's Day 2025 Hashtags: #FathersDay2025 #LoveYouDad #DadAndMe #BestDadEver #MyHeroDad #DadGoals #FathersDayVibes #ThanksDad #DadAppreciation #ForeverGrateful #FathersDayPost #DadLove #HeroAtHome #MySuperDad #CheersToDad #DadLife #ProudToBeYours #FatherFigure #DadTime #MadeByDad (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Father's Day is a heartfelt occasion to celebrate and honour the love, sacrifices, and guidance of fathers and father figures. It's a time to express gratitude for their constant support, whether through quiet strength, wise advice, or everyday efforts that often go unspoken. Beyond gifts and greetings, the day serves as a reminder of the vital role fathers play in shaping values, building confidence, and being a steady presence in our lives. Whether near or far, it's a moment to reconnect, reflect, and cherish the bond that lasts a lifetime.
Time of India
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Happy Fathers day 2025 wishes: Top 100 messages, quotes, greetings images, Instagram hashtags, WhatsApp & Facebook status and more
Father's Day is a heartfelt occasion to celebrate and honour the love, sacrifices, and guidance of fathers and father figures. It's a time to express gratitude for their constant support, whether through quiet strength, wise advice, or everyday efforts that often go unspoken. Beyond gifts and greetings, the day serves as a reminder of the vital role fathers play in shaping values, building confidence, and being a steady presence in our lives. Whether near or far, it's a moment to reconnect, reflect, and cherish the bond that lasts a lifetime. Here are top wishes, messages, greetings and more to share with your father: Happy Fathers Day Messages 2025 Dad, your love and wisdom have shaped the person I am today. Happy Father's Day! To the world's greatest dad—thank you for your constant presence and support. Your strength and guidance inspire me every single day. Wishing you a beautiful Father's Day! Happy Father's Day to the man who taught me life's most valuable lessons. Your love means everything. Thank you for being my anchor and my role model. I'm forever grateful, Dad. You've always been my hero, Dad. Hope your Father's Day is as amazing as you are. To the man who helped me become who I am—Happy Father's Day. I love you deeply. Your sacrifices and unconditional love have made all the difference. Thank you, Dad. To the best dad ever—your love and endless support mean the world. Dad, you'll always be my first and forever hero. Happy Father's Day! Happy Father's Day! Thanks for not trading me for better-behaved kids. You're one in a million, Dad—just like all the other dads say. To the fixer of all things (except the Wi-Fi), Happy Father's Day! Thanks for the dad jokes, even the ones that make me groan. Happy Father's Day! Happy Father's Day! Clearly, you're the reason I turned out this awesome. Cheers to the world's greatest dad—today and always. Honouring the man who helped shape my dreams and drive. To the one who's always been in my corner—Happy Father's Day, Dad. You're my first hero, my forever cheerleader. Happy Father's Day! To the man who taught me the ropes—Happy Father's Day, Dad! Happy First Father's Day! Watching you with our little one has been pure joy. To the incredible man who's been like a father to me—thank you for everything. Happy Father's Day to a wonderful stepdad—your love has truly meant everything. Though we're miles apart, you're always in my thoughts. Happy Father's Day, Dad. Happy Fathers Day Quotes 2025 Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.' – Anne Geddes 'It is a wise father that knows his own child.' – William Shakespeare 'To her, the name of father was another name for love.' – Fanny Fern "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me." – Jim Valvano "The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature." – Antoine François Prévost "A father carries pictures where his money used to be." – Steve Martin "To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter." – Jawaharlal Nehru "A father's tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remain as a pillar of strength throughout our lives." – Ama H. Vanniarachchy "The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams, and aspirations he sets not only for himself but for his family." – Reed Markham "Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." – Chetan Bhagat "The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking." – Dan Pearce "The power of a dad in a child's life is unmatched." – Justin Ricklefs "No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child." – Abraham Lincoln 'Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.' – Erika Cosby 'It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.' – Johann Friedrich von Schiller 'My father didn't tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it.' – Clarence Budington Kelland 'Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song.' – Pam Brown 'Dads are like chocolate chip cookies — they may have chips or be a little nutty, but they're sweet and make the world better.' – Hillary Lytle 'One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.' – George Herbert 'No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word—father.' – Lydia Maria Child 'I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.' – Sigmund Freud 'My father didn't do anything unusual. He only did what dads are supposed to do—be there.' – Max Lucado 'Fatherhood is the great thing that could ever happen. You can't explain it until it happens—it's like telling someone what water feels like before they've ever swam in it.' – Michael Bublé 'A father's smile has been known to light up a child's entire day.' —Susan Gale 'When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back.' – Linda Poindexter 'A father's love is forever imprinted on his child's heart.' – Jennifer Williamson 'It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.' —Anne Sexton 'There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.' – George R.R. Martin 'Dads are the ones who are always there when you need them most — even if they're no longer physically here.' – Oprah Winfrey Happy Fathers Day Images 2025 Agencies Agencies Agencies Agencies Agencies by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villa For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Villas in Dubai | Search ads Learn More Undo Happy Fathers Day 2025 Status for WhatsApp, Facebook Chanda ne poocha thaaron ne poocha hazaaron pyaaraa kaun hai? Papa, mere mere mere mere papa 'A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society." —Billy Graham Meri duniyaa, meri duniyaa, meri duniyaa too hee khushiya, meri khushiya meri khushiya too hee re (too hee re)...Meri duniyaa, meri duniyaa, meri duniyaa too hee khushiya, meri khushiya, meri khushiya too hee din tere liye sajde karoon duaen mangoo yahaan apanae liye rab se teri balaayen mangoo re 'Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of heart." — Nelson Mandela Hope your day is filled with laughter, love, and all the recognition you wish for. Happy Father's day! 'No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word—father." — Lydia Maria Child Paapaa kehthe the, badaa naam hamaaraa aisa kaam ye to koyi naa meri manzil, hai kahaan? 'So that the heart of a father may feel pride, let the mouth of the child speak nothing but gratitude." —Thomas Bailey Aldrich 'To her, the name of father was another name for love." — Fanny Fern Thanks for the innumerable times you took my hand and showed me the way when I was lost. Happy fathers day! 'Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." — Wade Boggs Thank you for being my guiding light and my biggest supporter. Happy Father's Day, Dad! Life's greatest blessing is having a dad like you. Enjoy your special day! Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song." —Pam Brown 'The power of a dad in a child's life is unmatched." —Justin Ricklefs Thank you for stepping up when I needed a father the most. 'My father didn't tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it." —Clarence Budington Kelland Today, we celebrate the incredible father you are and all the wonderful things you do. Happy Father's Day! Happy Father's Day 2025 Instagram captions and hashtags Dad, my first hero and forever friend. ❤️ To the man who taught me strength without saying a word. You've always had my back, now I've got yours. Happy Father's Day to my favourite human. Cheers to the king of our family castle! Dad: part teacher, part best mate, all love. Strong hands, kind heart — that's my dad. You've given me the best gift — your love. Not all heroes wear capes… mine wears slippers. Life's better with a dad like you. You taught me how to walk and how to stand tall. Today's for you, Dad — thank you for everything. You'll always be my number one. Dad, you make ordinary days feel special. From piggyback rides to life advice — love you always. Best mates since day one. Thank you for being my calm in every storm. Celebrating you today, and every day. I may outgrow your lap, but never your heart. Just a child saying thanks to the greatest dad ever. 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