New Bloom

This is the Christmas cactus that used to belong to my great Aunt Pat. For some reason, it only seems to bloom every few years and there is only a few blooms at a time. Maybe it has something to do with the fact it used to be in a huge pot my 2nd, first grade class painted me that was located on the shelf that my 4th Kindergarten class turned over one day. Lovely day- it was a huge mess of every Math manipulative, buckets, broken clay, and black dirt that could be mixed together. My assistant was out that day and a mom volunteered to help in our room. She never came back...I wonder why?
This makes it more exciting and meaningful when it blooms. Here is the one bloom that showed up this week: