Each year, I make a selection of my favorite 10 images. It's not always an easy process and I'm sure the selection would look different if I went through the same exercise tomorrow. But, it's kind of fun.

Here are my favorites, in no particular order:

A Winter Walk in the Orland Grassland
A Winter WalkHiker on a snowy trail at the Orland Grassland North at 104th Avenue and Santa Cruz Lane in Orland Park, Illinois on January 3, 2021 Sunset in the South Dakota Badlands
Badlands SunsetImaging Resource's Photo of the Day for January 2, 2022 Extreme Close-Up of a Bobcat
BobcatBobcat at Bear Country USA at 13820 US-16 in Rapid City, South Dakota on October 19, 2021 Residence Hall at Illinois State University
Watterson TowersWatterson Residence Halls on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois on June 6, 2021 Butterfly Wing
Butterfly wingClose-up of a butterfly (Papilio gigon verso) wing in Orland Park, Illinois on November 26, 2021 Wooden Wagon Wheel Repair Shop
Blacksmith shopBlacksmith shop at the 1880 Town at 24280 SD Hwy 63 Interstate 90 Exit 170 in Midland, South Dakota on October 22, 2021 Wisconsin State Capitol
Assembly staircasesStaircases in front of the Assembly Room in the Wisconsin State Capitol at 2 East Main Street in Madison, Wisconsin on June 19, 2021 Bond Falls
Bond FallsBond Falls (Upper Falls) near Paulding, Michigan on September 25, 2021 Youth Football
Orland Park Pioneers FootballFootball game between the Orland Park Pioneers and the New Lenox Warriors at Lincoln Way West High School at 21701 Gougar Road in New Lenox, Illinois on March 28, 2021 Endless Prison Cell Bars, Ohio State Reformatory
Cell blockEndless bars of the cell block inside the Ohio State Reformatory at 100 Reformatory Road in Mansfield, Ohio on July 19, 2021

Happy New Year!