My Neighborhood: Complete with some of the crappiest October weather in History

 So... as fall rolled around I was really excited to take pictures of my stunning neighborhood. With the homes of famous people like the Governor of Minnesota, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James J. Hill, and many more in my area, I was looking forward to taking snapshots of old and eclectic Victorians, brownstones, and other buildings. But unfortunately, as everyone knows, Minnesota's weather is... chaotic (at best sometimes) and between my work schedule and bouts of snow and continual rain, I didn't get many photos and most were taken on very cloudy days within the hour before sunset (forcing me to put my ISO on high making my images grainy).  Additionally, because Minneapolis-Saint Paul was at the heart of the drought for much of the year, most of the fall colors were quiet drab and dull making the color display rather... tired. Finally... an early cold snap that sent the temperatures diving much earlier than normal had made many of the trees drop all their leaves in just a couple of hours. With this perfect storm of conditions.... I rank this fall's color display a meager 3 out of 10. During this wild October, there were three bouts of snowfall as well and clearly it was colder than normal. Minneapolis ended up having its 4th Coldest October (average temperature 43.2 F),  5th Wettest (250% to 300% of our average rainfall) and 7th snowiest. Its been a crazy month. 

Anywho, here are my pictures. I know they aren't the best but I'm still gonna share them cause its my neighborhood and I like it. 

This is Day 1 of my October phototour. My battery died on the last pic so I went out on a day that wasn't cold and snowy. Oh, btw, I apparently need new shoes. There's a hole at the bottom of my soles that allows water in. What I do for you people (that an look at all these thumbnails I do!). I'm pretty sure I'm the only Simtropolite who does this. Anywho, more to come.