Cactus flower

I found a very dried up, shrivelled old cactus plant on a shelf by my back door. I brought it into the kitchen, gave it a drink and hey presto some little tiny, red flower buds appeared. 

I have watched the buds getting bigger and eventually open up into the most amazing flowers. The plant itself it not particularly beautiful but the flowers certainly are.

A rather miserable day ..... dull and wet from first thing. Our usual game of badminton this morning ..... glad it's an indoor sport!