Stuck inside and going stir crazy

It's been 2 weeks now that we've had either rain or snow every single day. I hate not being able to go outside and shoot every day and today I'd had enough. I broke out the camera and 70-200 zoom lens and started shooting through the windows. Taking photos through household windows is never an ideal situation (especially when they aren't squeaky clean) but I had no other option.

I started by staking out our bird-feeders and grabbed some shots of a tufted titmouse and a chickadee. Later on, a mourning dove showed up and then a cardinal. Unfortunately the cardinal insisted on staying on the backside of the feeder so I had to shoot him from a different window and had to really crop the image to show him off. But, I think it turned into an "okay" photo through post processing.

After a little while, the snow really started to fall and I happened to notice a young fellow pushing his bicycle out the road. I don't know what possessed him to go for a bike ride on a day like today, but I had to grab of photo of the poor lad's misfortune.

Once the snow started to blow and limited visibility to a few feet, I turned the camera on our dog Tobe. He's usually the subject that I break all my new cameras and lenses in on, and I don't think he likes having his photo taken, but I still got a few nice shots.

Below are some of my favorite photos from the days events.

Tomorrow I'm shooting photos for a surprise "Sweet 16" party. That should be different and fun and I can't wait!