![Close up of a couple of mating emerald damselflies (Lestes sponsa)](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/255A9666_AF-684x1024.jpeg)
As 2022 draws to an end, it’s only natural to review the past year. Let’s have a look then, shall we?
This couple of emerald damselflies is one of my absolute favorite photos because it was so challenging. They kept flying around, not settling anywhere, and I had almost given up hope when they landed on that flower. However, I kept my eyes on it as its stem and the tip of the flowers were purple; I knew they’d loan a pleasing color to the scene and match the background nicely.
![Close up of a pink African Daisy (Osteospermum)](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/African-Daisy-1024x683.jpeg)
An African daisy shot with my new macro lens. As much as I cherished my old one, I love this lens!
![Close up of a mute swan cygnet (Cygnus olor) cleaning its feathers](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mute-swan-cygnet-Cygnus-olor-1024x683.jpeg)
2022 hasn’t been a good swan year, at least not for me. Almost every time I set out to photograph swans, I couldn’t find any. I photographed this mute swan cygnet almost by accident. I was out in the woods, looking for squirrels, and passing by the beach when I saw the swan family swimming lazily around and cleaning their feathers.
![Cherry tree flowers at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cherry-Tree-Flowers-4-1024x683.jpeg)
I just love photographing cherry tree blossoms in the spring. It doesn’t feel like spring if I don’t! Not a masterpiece by any means, but I love the light and the spring feeling it evokes every time I look at it.
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Obviously, I love pink.
![Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing in the snow](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Apple-Photos-Document-2-819x1024.jpeg)
I also love squirrels. So much that it’s a wonder that this post only contains ONE squirrel photo.
![](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Happy-New-Year-Squirrel-4-1024x683.jpeg)
Wait, what! Only one squirrel photo? No, no, no! This has to be remediated immediately! Here you go! Cheers and Happy New Year!
![Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) wearing a golden party hat and holding a champagne glass.](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.limberea.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/255A9134-Gott-Nytt-Ar-Hackspett-1024x695.jpeg)
OK, this won’t win any wildlife photography contest, but I love it! I had so much fun processing this! I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to fit the champagne glass between the claws perfectly.
This said, I wish you a very, very Happy New Year! Gott Nytt År as we say in Swedish.