Windowsills in Europe are wide enough not only for cats, but for beautiful flowers in decorative pots.
The red geranium was framed by blue and white gingham curtains in a 19th century home in the open …

Sometimes less is more — and this single bloom is a good example.
Note the vase: the narrow, horizontal, clear glass tube provides water for just one perfect flower on the dinner table aboard Holland-America’s Eurodam …

A blossom tries to make its escape from a garden surrounded by a white picket fence in Kristiansand, Norway.
The pink hydrangea was photographed last August.
(Photo ©2015 by Susan McKee)

Deep purple blossoms climb a trellis outside a house in the Old Town section of Stavanger, Norway.
These beauties were photographed in late August 2015.
(Photo ©2015 by Susan McKee)

Hot pink petunias are resplendent in the September sun in Flåm, Norway.
(Photo ©2015 by Susan McKee)

A festive bouquet of flowers awaited in my stateroom aboard Holland-America’s Eurodam last week.
For an August cruise starting and ending in Copenhagen and making stops in Norway and Sweden, the sunny orange gerbera daisies were …

These colorful hydrangeas were spotted on a sunny June afternoon in Oslo, Norway, by our intrepid photographer.
No, they’re not native to that part of the world. Wikipedia says that hydrangea is a genus of about …