Flowering Cactus

Six years ago I was giving a flowering cactus by a somewhat tricky boy in my class as a Christmas present. What a nice idea and it had lovely flowers.  It moved here when we married and I even repotted it at one point into a bigger pot.  It has spent some time on the balcony and got somewhat munched until I rescued it and brought it back in.

When we came back from the hospital, I wondered if my eyes decieved me, or were there some tiny tiny pink buds on the ends of the leaves??? After a few days I felt confident enough to ask John if he had noticed them.  And now, a month on, we actually have some flowers!!  And lots of buds! How exciting that it has finally flowered after 6 years.