Oh my goodness, it has to be said that Darrell isn't renowned for having the greenest of fingers .......
........ however, when Lulu bought him an amaryllis plant as a thank you for his most excellent Easter lunch on Sunday ........
...... he said he was well up for the challenge of succeeding to get it to flourish and bloom, despite his aforesaid minimal skills of horticultural type nature.
The first thing to do, he decided, was give "him" a name to help "him" feel special and wanted and so, said amaryllis was duly christened Richard.
However, the first problem Darrell encountered is that Richard is very inclined to change his position throughout the day, all be it very slowly, in an effort to find the best light ......
...... which although is keeping us constantly amused, Darrell being Darrell would much prefer Richard to aesthetically stand ram rod straight, in ship shape and Bristol fashion! However, when Darrell's out we are all carefully helping to turn Richard, so that he doesn't become overly bent and in danger of not being able to straighten up properly due to the growing size of his "head".
Then, as well as the above ....... Richard would also appear to be growing at a rapid rate of knots, which has led Eric (formally known as Nigel) to ponder whether to measure Richard's progress each day just to see......
..... as it could be that our current, rather average sized Richard ........
........ could become a very much larger Richard indeed in the coming weeks! Of course, as and when we have any further interesting developments, trust us ...... you'll be the first to know ........