The other day, I posted a somewhat rhetorical question on facebook which asked for ideas for photos that I might post. I actually got several suggestions. The most intriguing suggestion came from a former student of mine who said that she missed seeing the South Dakota sky.
Being a South Dakotan, I've always been impressed with the sky in wide open places but was struck by the reality that there are people who live in places where it's hard to see the horizon and maybe even hard to see the actual sky due to haze or smog.
Thus, I offer yet another photo of the Missouri River. In this photo I am looking more or less north. This photo was taken a couple miles away from another photo posted in this blog called "Lake Oahe Sunset."
Canon 5D 1/160s f/8.0 ISO400 105mm (Canon 24-105mm f/4.0L)
This photo was taken in the Little Bend area of the Missouri River. I wasn't looking for a photograph on the morning I took this. I was actually making an ice run to the Little Bend Bait Shop, which was a few miles away from where I had docked my sailboat.
These are California hens and chicks. They live just north of LA at the J. Paul Getty Center. Do they look more relaxed and sun kissed than the hens and chicks in your garden?
In my home state, we have difficulty growing things in dirt sometimes. But in the Waipio Valley on the Big Island even the rocks are fertile nesting places. My son Jon guided us down into this valley. The road down is one of those that made my wife close her eyes. We had a similar experience 
Sometimes I don't have much to say. Today is an example. I hope the soft yellow tones sooth you (should you need soothing :-) )
Finally, flowers have appeared in my wife's garden! And, as is normal, the crocus arrive first. Delicate, softly hued and more emphemeral than other flowers that grow, the crocus rquires a macro lens and a tripod because they are also the smallest. My back hurts from bending over for so long. I guess it's time to get in shape.
I'd like to tell you that this flower was plucked from my wife's beautiful garden. But it wasn't. Instead, it was plucked from an assortment of flowers at our local Super Walmart. We are still waiting for Spring in South Dakota, though my wife tells me that she sees evidence of the possibility of spring sprouting up from the cold ground in her garden. I can't wait.
The Hana Highway on the east coast of Maui covers 50 miles of some of the beautiful scenery I have seen. There is an amazing variety of vegetation but the eucalyptus trees that grow here caught my attention. They are so different from anything South Dakotans like me are used to seeing - especially their colorful, camouflage "bark."
One morning after one of our first frosts, I went looking for interesting things to photograph. In the alley behind our house I found a 1950s era Chevy parked near our neighbor's back garage. What drew me to this subject was the soft, rust color or the car's body (which is barely visible in this picture) and the cool, blue-tinted frost on the front window.