And here, also in SD, we have to go quite a distance to be surrounded by trees in numbers like you in areas with more precipitation have!
We get a little claustrophobic visiting family in MS, or MN, for instance.
We do have skies which can range from absolutely beautiful, to eerie, to very frightening, sometimes changing almost momentarily from one to another, it seems. Sunrises and sunsets can be spectacular most any day.
We got in on some of those storms last week, even getting some hail, which, while sort of impressive, didn't do us much damage. Over about three days, we totaled about 2.5' of rain, bringing us a little over 5" total precip. for the year. And it is cloudy again today. Ground is finally warm and grass AND weeds are growing like crazy, for which we are very thankful.
mrj