tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36715468733754586702024-03-18T20:51:09.816-07:00Tucson Mailbox ArtArtistic, creative, interesting (or just weird) mailboxes in front of homes in Tucson, Arizona.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.comBlogger721125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-91736260375541053382023-08-14T06:01:00.011-07:002023-08-14T06:01:00.156-07:003302 East 24th Street: Mailbox in a (little) gardenHere's an easy way to dress up a mailbox (and your home): Put it in the middle of a little garden.
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This is the third of three mailboxes I found when I was near Reid Park on June 5, 2023.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com03302 E 24th St, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA32.2051285 -110.92213993.8948946638211552 -146.0783899 60.515362336178846 -75.7658899tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-14981755811924576892023-08-07T06:01:00.022-07:002023-08-07T06:01:00.148-07:003234 East 23rd Street: Prickly post So many people have mailboxes mounted on a metal saguaro that I <a href="/p/boring-mailboxes.html" title="Click to read: Not these mailboxes">don't show them on the blog</a> anymore. But I don't think I've seen a prickly pear “post” before!
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This is the second of three mailboxes I found when I was near Reid Park on June 5, 2023.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com23234 E 23rd St, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA32.2059042 -110.9235373.8956703638211536 -146.079787 60.516138036178845 -75.767287tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-68632992589056106852023-07-31T06:01:00.020-07:002023-07-31T06:01:00.132-07:00Major football fan at 3149 East 23rd StreetNo question which team these folks support!
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This is the first of three mailboxes I found near Reid Park on June 5, 2023.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com03149 E 23rd St, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA32.2063245 -110.9253233.8960906638211554 -146.081573 60.516558336178846 -75.769073tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-28951482595498068652023-07-24T06:01:00.001-07:002023-11-11T15:20:34.158-07:00Mailboxes from Tucson Daily Photo ~ blogThe blog <a href="http://www.tucsondailyphoto.com/" target="_blank">Tucson Daily Photo ~</a> (yes, the name ends with a tilde character) showed mailboxes from time to time. They moved to Instagram in 2021.<br />
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In May 2023, I used the search engine DuckDuckGo (a private alternative to Google) to search for mailboxes on that blog. You can click on the search to run it:<br />
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<a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mailbox+site%3Awww.tucsondailyphoto.com&ia=web" target="_blank">mailbox site:www.tucsondailyphoto.com</a>Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0Tucson, AZ, USA32.2539787 -110.97417693.9437448638211521 -146.1304269 60.564212536178843 -75.8179269tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-16197742113876157042023-07-17T06:01:00.000-07:002023-07-17T06:01:00.130-07:002008 at 9020 Soldier TrailThis is the third post in a series. Back in May, I wasted some time doing an image search on <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/" target="_blank" title="Visit the search page at duckduckgo.com" >DuckDuckGo</a> (a private alternative to Google) for <i>tucson mailboxes</i>. As in the previous post, I found a real estate agent who posted photos of mailboxes. This one, photographed in 2008, was on Soldier Trail: <a href="https://activerain.com/blogsview/510818/unique-mailbox-on-soldier-trail-in-tucson--az---a-mailbox-series-update" target="_blank">Unique Mailbox on Soldier Trail in Tucson, AZ: a Mailbox Series Update</a>.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com09020 N Soldier Trail, Tucson, AZ 85749, USA32.3036278 -110.73763053.9933939638211555 -145.8938805 60.613861636178846 -75.5813805tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-18530825473048667322023-07-03T06:01:00.000-07:002023-07-03T06:01:00.140-07:00San Xavier mailboxAs in the previous post, I wasted some time doing an image search on <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/" target="_blank" title="Visit the search page at duckduckgo.com" >DuckDuckGo</a> (a private alternative to Google) for <i>tucson mailboxes</i>. I found a photo of <a href="https://www.danheller.com/images/UnitedStates/Arizona/Tucson/SanXavier/Slideshow/img1.html" target="_blank">the mailbox at San Xavier del Bac Mission</a> by Dan Heller Photography.<br />
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He has other interesting angles on San Xavier. Click on one of the smaller photos above the photo of the mailbox.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com01950 W San Xavier Rd, Tucson, AZ 85746, USA32.1071258 -111.00869033.7968919638211531 -146.1649403 60.417359636178844 -75.8524403tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-44230947544559084302023-06-26T06:01:00.033-07:002023-06-26T06:01:00.140-07:00Cooper Street's blocks for boxesIn 2013, we saw several mailboxes in a few blocks of East Cooper Street: <a href="/2013/06/4012-east-cooper-street.html">4012 (June 26th)</a>, <a href="/2013/06/4201-east-cooper-street.html">4201 (June 5th)</a>, and <a href="/2013/06/4240-east-cooper-street.html">4240 (June 8th)</a>. (If you click on any of those links, use your browser's "Back" button, or back-arrow, to return to this page.)<br />
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On November 30, 2022, I was back on Cooper and saw something I hadn't before:
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(I have a lot of new material, so I'm going to start posting weekly for a while — instead of every other week. See you next week!)Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com03919 E Cooper St, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA32.2199562 -110.90866223.9097223638211531 -146.06491219999998 60.530190036178844 -75.7524122tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-62976551718453494682023-06-19T06:01:00.000-07:002023-06-19T06:01:00.154-07:002009 mailboxes(That's the year 2009. Sorry, only four mailboxes here.)<br />
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Just for fun, I did an image search on <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/" target="_blank" title="Visit the search page at duckduckgo.com" >DuckDuckGo</a> (a private alternative to Google) for <i>tucson mailboxes</i>. I found a few 2009 photos from real estate agent Gabrielle Kamahele Rhind, <a href="https://activerain.com/blogsview/1015196/fun-with-mailboxes-in-tucson-az-" target="_blank">Fun With Mailboxes in Tucson AZ!</a><br />
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This Tucson Mailbox Art blog started in 2012. So someone else had the weird idea first. Kudos to Gabrielle.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0Tucson, AZ, USA32.2539787 -110.97417693.9437448638211521 -146.1304269 60.564212536178843 -75.8179269tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-70615158579086365922023-06-05T06:01:00.021-07:002023-06-05T06:01:00.132-07:001327 South 8th Avenue: Church in 2016David Aber found this “churchbox” on May 8, 2016. He emailed it to me but I lost track of it — until now.
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At the time, he wrote: “It’s between 23rd and 24th Streets. It’s on an empty lot, but Google Earth says the address is 1327 S. 8th Ave. This meshes with the numbers of the surrounding homes.”<br />
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A belated thank-you, David!Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com01327 S 8th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA32.2051299 -110.9713573.8948960638211574 -146.127607 60.515363736178848 -75.815107tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-30970888647616252642023-05-22T06:01:00.035-07:002023-05-22T06:01:00.154-07:00Mailbox art in Roswell, New Mexico<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pncnjwKh4szJm-o9QuCpj77rQDONNlvvuVZc9S1C4EQ5cZXe-Lm0ehjH0mDlpBT1Hab3GFSZQmwKC2yIwEYLu0vFoqpQOEcuzekP1EGgDbSrCY-1SMAOrMvYT4F7o3P6F7bdiMBLldHMgUsDVRHVsEjrWP3qmiVX0-2Lfzq3tpPpkApoZFhg8ns/s2048/0112304_02_1438x2048_q90.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pncnjwKh4szJm-o9QuCpj77rQDONNlvvuVZc9S1C4EQ5cZXe-Lm0ehjH0mDlpBT1Hab3GFSZQmwKC2yIwEYLu0vFoqpQOEcuzekP1EGgDbSrCY-1SMAOrMvYT4F7o3P6F7bdiMBLldHMgUsDVRHVsEjrWP3qmiVX0-2Lfzq3tpPpkApoZFhg8ns/s400/0112304_02_1438x2048_q90.jpg"/></a><i>Mail</i> by Robert Neffson<br />
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On your way to Carlsbad Caverns, or just heading to Roswell for UFO stuff? There are several great places in Roswell to see art. AMoCA is a contemporary art museum that has a lot to like even if you haven't liked contemporary art in the past… there's plenty that's fun as well as more-serious work.<br />
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(This painting was on loan from the Roswell Museum and Art Center. I took the photo on October 14, 2022.)Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0409 E College Blvd, Roswell, NM 88201, USA33.4089852 -104.51682815.098751363821151 -139.6730781 61.719219036178842 -69.3605781tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-36367229919363150502023-05-08T06:01:00.001-07:002023-05-15T13:51:02.607-07:009054 East Calle Kuehn: Cabin<p>Nothin’ fancy here, folks: a small cabin with a chimney, with probably just enough room to hold the mail.</p>
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I wanted to see the roadrunner on top more clearly. It's a long way to drive fron where I live, so I checked Google Maps Street View and found it:<br />
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Thank you, Gregg!Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com04265 W Dakota St, Tucson, AZ 85746, USA32.1533609 -111.05605373.8431270638211572 -146.2123037 60.463594736178848 -75.8998037tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-40431804372858389372023-04-10T07:32:00.002-07:002023-04-10T07:32:43.769-07:004330 West Dakota Street: Can't miss this mailbox!Tucson has plenty of bizarre mailboxes. This one is near the top of the list:
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Gregg Townsend emailed it yesterday. He wrote “I think the side of 4330 is covered with bicycle reflectors!” So you probably can't miss it day or night.<br />
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He also sent a photo of a mailbox nearby; I'll aim to show it sometime soon. Thanks so much, Gregg!Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com04330 W Dakota St, Tucson, AZ 85746, USA32.1544123 -111.05719483.8441784638211516 -146.2134448 60.464646136178843 -75.9009448tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-91477900259160528992023-03-20T06:01:00.008-07:002023-04-10T07:18:50.188-07:005515 East Hawthorne Avenue: U of A no doubt!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wegtJ_vi2J5eA_zn-tDKaNKNcImvvLgB_SECtk0EU6lQRCsLx79hYIGSg3J9YBRBQctGfIfFLhw7_NCjSqy7mVkqksWX6AIIvG16jBwZjaDRMZHHOAkyDSCPipMqM8nt5VVEetiHmU0GbPKedtL5SKP8rek6A-4BhBU_f7LMcEWMctOK0uQpYVw/s2048/0111626_03_1322x2048_q90.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wegtJ_vi2J5eA_zn-tDKaNKNcImvvLgB_SECtk0EU6lQRCsLx79hYIGSg3J9YBRBQctGfIfFLhw7_NCjSqy7mVkqksWX6AIIvG16jBwZjaDRMZHHOAkyDSCPipMqM8nt5VVEetiHmU0GbPKedtL5SKP8rek6A-4BhBU_f7LMcEWMctOK0uQpYVw/s400/0111626_03_1322x2048_q90.jpg"/></a></div>
No question about this homeowner's fandom…Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com05515 E Hawthorne St, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA32.2336855 -110.87498983.9234516638211545 -146.03123979999998 60.543919336178845 -75.7187398tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-20291318784530329362023-03-07T09:20:00.004-07:002023-03-07T09:23:16.376-07:00Mailbox secure from (almost) everyone: 3614 East 28th StreetYou've read about mailbox theft. (<a href="/2023/02/mail-thief-caught-on-mailbox-camera.html" title="Click to see the February 20, 2015 entry">Our previous post</a> had a photo showing a mail thief caught in the act.)<br /><br />Here's another answer: <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_YuhxXEKpPE7KMjL8x5H4Ztz4zMvlR-zXrrqwmnyYgaiIiJ6UMZC5bZOOOh0hBseb1EXtZn40erDscpq_EmHGyIaT31rZwqvElDboF1DqYMmYOdjleY6QIbNyeK2eqcZq2cYSDRWE_XwEf0vgKb_Hx78DCDmx2z4MmsZBUeSUuR42jXI-AZbsvk/s1415/Dronemail_001_1_1_cropped-vertical_406x1415._q90.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_YuhxXEKpPE7KMjL8x5H4Ztz4zMvlR-zXrrqwmnyYgaiIiJ6UMZC5bZOOOh0hBseb1EXtZn40erDscpq_EmHGyIaT31rZwqvElDboF1DqYMmYOdjleY6QIbNyeK2eqcZq2cYSDRWE_XwEf0vgKb_Hx78DCDmx2z4MmsZBUeSUuR42jXI-AZbsvk/s400/Dronemail_001_1_1_cropped-vertical_406x1415._q90.jpg"/></a></div><br /><br /><br />These property owners can fetch their mail by drone — or maybe a 10-foot ladder.<br /><br />(I'm not sure if they've given the USPS letter carrier a way to put the mail into the box, though…)<br /><br />Take a look down to see the some of the rest of their front yard.
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Thanks to David Aber for this hilarious photo, probably taken February 18th. (I cut it into two pieces with a photo editor.)Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com03614 E 28th St, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA32.2020085 -110.91566693.2851708808213154 -146.07191690000002 61.118846119178684 -75.7594169tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-36108744029754217112023-02-20T06:01:00.031-07:002023-02-20T06:01:00.228-07:00Mail thief caught on mailbox cameraKOLD 13 News in Tucson reports that forty-nine million Americans over the past year have had their mail stolen, according to Security.org, and 19% were from Arizona. This story includes a lot of tips… and a great video clip of the surprised thief when he sees the camera in the mailbox:<br />
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<a href="https://www.kold.com/2023/02/03/peoria-homeowner-captures-mail-thief-unusual-mailbox-camera/" target="_blank">Peoria homeowner captures mail thief on unusual mailbox camera</a><br />
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If you know of such a mailbox camera, please leave a comment below (you can be anonymous) or send me an email with the "Contact Us" form at the right edge of any page on this blog. I'll update this blog post. (By the way, I wonder if a different kind — a zoom camera mounted on your home, with a sign on the mailbox saying “You are on camera!” — would be more effective at preventing theft… but not as fun!)Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0Peoria, AZ, USA33.5805955 -112.23737795.2703616638211557 -147.3936279 61.890829336178847 -77.0811279tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-79603694492640478832023-02-13T06:01:00.048-07:002023-02-13T06:01:00.236-07:004412 East 6th Street: This box is for the bird(s)On September 9, 2022, David Aber took a photo of a mailbox with a bird nest and a bird on top. It was so amazing that I decided to go there myself and take several more photos — including one that showed this entire, uh, contraption. Thanks, Dave!<br />
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First a closeup of the nest (and the bird eating a worm!):
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It looks as if the owner may have put fresh grass in the nest?! I was there on December 1; I didn't check. I also don't remember how tall it was (this next photo was taken from the ground looking up) but I'm guessing four feet:
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Closer and closer views from the same side:<br />
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Wow.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com04412 E 6th St, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA32.2273258 -110.89864623.9170919638211572 -146.0548962 60.537559636178848 -75.7423962tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-22735288959815595942023-02-06T06:01:00.068-07:002023-02-06T06:01:00.235-07:00Correo en un museoI've been on the road for most of two months. (Maybe I should visit Tucson! 😁)<br />
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In December I visited MUFI (short for Museo De La Filatelia… Latin America loves acronyms) in Oaxaca, Mexico. It's the Philatelic Museum, showing stamps and money. MUFI is one of the top-rated museums in town, which surprised me until I visited. It's full of unusual and unique stamps — most fairly recent. What gave me the idea of writing about it on the blog was this buzón (mailbox):
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For instance, these stamps are from Ukraine:
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Even their signs are in the shape of stamps:
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Oaxaca is a wonderful city to visit — even if you aren't into stamps. I took these photos on December 12, 2022.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0C/ de la Constitución 201, RUTA INDEPENDENCIA, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico17.0655183 -96.7215198-11.244715536178845 -131.8777698 45.375752136178846 -61.565269799999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-63880146194861837012023-01-30T06:01:00.040-07:002023-01-30T06:01:00.200-07:00826 North Venice Avenue: WildlifeDavid Aber took these photos of a mailbox covered with desert scenes on September 9th, 2022:<br />
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As usual, I don't know how he finds amazing mailboxes like this one!Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0826 N Venice Ave, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA32.2322777 -110.89443533.9220438638211519 -146.0506853 60.542511536178843 -75.7381853tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-15491816630626801382023-01-23T06:01:00.017-07:002023-01-23T06:01:00.202-07:00702 North Venice Avenue: Rob the BotDavid Aber named this mailbox Rob the Bot (as in RoBot, not the kind of bot you're forced to deal with online):
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How can you tell that it's a male robot? He has a beard (and bad hair):
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That's a zoomed-in view I made with a photo editor. David took the photo on September 9, 2022. (Thanks Dave!)Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0702 N Venice Ave, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA32.2309185 -110.89438523.9206846638211559 -146.0506352 60.541152336178847 -75.7381352tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-17875659641395569452023-01-16T06:01:00.000-07:002023-01-16T06:01:00.215-07:004563 East 10th Street: Box guarded by a griffin<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZ95ZWskq-7L0Ei4vAOlxrqlpRryBA8v57u8UM4HRuH_V_TWdJGftYlS7vHsAAynhbDTLO0mZX32yPS4Fe99hrFAl2NlCuOmdcZ4Hec3l3KjF3y1z4TZpUsfpplYsaYp5Te7zb4OofV28BTZF1DuiselZljIYLN5CeFyDgDaIgU0NBs7rJfPPX4g/s1668/David-Aber_Griffin_001_1_cropped_1668x912_q90.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1668" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZ95ZWskq-7L0Ei4vAOlxrqlpRryBA8v57u8UM4HRuH_V_TWdJGftYlS7vHsAAynhbDTLO0mZX32yPS4Fe99hrFAl2NlCuOmdcZ4Hec3l3KjF3y1z4TZpUsfpplYsaYp5Te7zb4OofV28BTZF1DuiselZljIYLN5CeFyDgDaIgU0NBs7rJfPPX4g/s400/David-Aber_Griffin_001_1_cropped_1668x912_q90.jpg"/></a></div>
As <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin" target="_blank" title="Click to open the Wikipedia article "Griffin"">Wikipedia says</a>, "Since classical antiquity, griffins were known for guarding treasures and priceless possessions." Although this box may have a factory-produced design (I couldn't find any in an online search), and we don't usually show mailboxes that aren't handmade, having a griffin watching your mail seems like a good idea to me!<br />
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Thanks to David Aber for the photo. He took it September 9, 2022.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com04563 E 10th St, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA32.223192 -110.89424555.5806293790034154 -146.0504955 58.865754620996583 -75.7379955tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-66940254517244122782023-01-09T06:01:00.023-07:002023-01-09T06:01:00.215-07:00Box by the borderOn Saturday (January 7) I was on a road at the very southwest corner of the US — south of San Diego, just north of the border wall and a few miles from the Pacific. (Click on the "Location" below for a map.) It's a bizarre place, partly because the US side of the border is rural and the Mexican side has a freeway and Tijuana just behind it. This mailbox stood out:<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAid6IZnH1gCJai6HSqchHqMZoRCYLfULUtELEi0Nop-NzWqUeLQnioaKb0w_yMyFYGsawPwPyFByXNTBLlVEp5nrCTPUROJwHWj5G0WiDR8hjRslGYjqisWNo8kk54umhH_CLlOE__tsRDSyNveFr3e7yT2C83H33797cftu8AW5RxQUM4BvGuo/s3073/IMG_20230107_165245Z_edited.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="3073" data-original-width="1736" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAid6IZnH1gCJai6HSqchHqMZoRCYLfULUtELEi0Nop-NzWqUeLQnioaKb0w_yMyFYGsawPwPyFByXNTBLlVEp5nrCTPUROJwHWj5G0WiDR8hjRslGYjqisWNo8kk54umhH_CLlOE__tsRDSyNveFr3e7yT2C83H33797cftu8AW5RxQUM4BvGuo/s400/IMG_20230107_165245Z_edited.jpg"/></a></div>
It's a bit hard to tell, but the black band underneath the mailbox is a tire.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com02301 Monument Rd, San Diego, CA 92154, USA32.5433241 -117.08402814.2330902638211541 -152.2402781 60.853557936178845 -81.9277781tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-20607602675757814972022-12-23T06:01:00.074-07:002022-12-23T06:01:00.217-07:00Last call for mail to Santa!<!-- ADDED margin-right: 1em TO a style SO TEXT TO RIGHT OF PHOTO WOULDN'T BUMP AGAINST PHOTO -->
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<div style="text-align: left; padding-top: 2em;">The Russians have been bombarding the North Pole, so Santa's email is down. This is your last chance to send Christmas wishes to Jolly Old Santa: a small plastic mailbox east of Randolph Park along Longfellow Avenue, south of Cooper.<br />
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I took the photo December 1st.</div>Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-68353964331400862202022-12-12T06:01:00.186-07:002022-12-12T06:01:00.203-07:00Most popular mailboxes in ten years (our 10th anniversary)This blog started exactly ten years ago on 12/12/12 (December 12, 2012) with our first entry <a href="/2012/12/whats-mailbox.html">What's a mailbox?</a> explaining what we'd show. (Since then, we've also posted <a href="/p/boring-mailboxes.html">Not these mailboxes</a> — which shows “boring” mailboxes we'd show too many times if we kept showing them.)<br >
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So you can help us celebrate, we're showing the most popular boxes during our ten years, from highest number of views down to 10th-most views. The older boxes have accumulated more views over the years, so <i>this skews toward older mailboxes</i>.<br />
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<h3>1. <a href="/2013/03/desert-mail-along-ca-highway-62.html">Desert “air mail” along CA highway 62</a></h3>March 8, 2013<br />
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<h3>2. <a href="/2012/12/saguaro-you-today.html">Saguaro You Today?</a></h3>December 23, 2012<br />
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<h3>3. <a href="/2012/12/3322-east-24th-street.html">3322 East 24th Street</a></h3>December 17, 2012<br />
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<h3>4. <a href="/2013/06/4260-east-calle-de-madridf.html">4260 East Calle De Madrid</a></h3>June 16, 2013<br />
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<h3>5. <a href="/2016/05/2850-north-tyndall-avenue.html">2850 North Tyndall Avenue</a></h3>May 31, 2016<br />
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<h3>6. <a href="/2013/12/2345-east-elm-street.html">2345 East Elm Street</a></h3>December 25, 2013<br />
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<h3>7. <a href="/2013/07/119-south-irving-avenue.html">119 South Irving Avenue</a></h3>May 31, 2016<br />
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<h3>8. <a href="/2022/01/a-mailbox-full-of-poems.html">A mailbox full of poems</a></h3>May 31, 2016<br />
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<h3>9. <a href="/2017/08/marvelous-meyer-2-551-south.html">Marvelous Meyer #2: 551 South Meyer</a></h3>May 31, 2016<br />
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<h3>10. <a href="/2020/12/seldon-smiths-gifts-part-1-of-4.html">Seldon Smith's gifts, part 1 of 4</a></h3>December 7, 2020 (in the area around 4000 East Montecito Street)<br />
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Check back on 12/12/32, ten years from now!Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com0Tucson, AZ, USA32.2539787 -110.97417693.9437448638211521 -146.1304269 60.564212536178843 -75.8179269tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671546873375458670.post-77523766307356405912022-11-28T06:01:00.061-07:002022-11-28T06:01:00.214-07:00Why this box at 11650 East Speedway Boulevard?This blog is almost ten years old. (Look for a 10th anniversary post on December 12th.) One of my guidelines has been that I usually don't show mass-produced mailboxes, even if they're made by hand. (You can read more by clicking <a href="/p/boring-mailboxes.html">Not these mailboxes</a>, there or at the top of any blog page.) When David Aber emailed some box photos on March 27, I searched using Google Image Search (go to <a href="https://images.google.com/" target="_blank">images.google.com</a> and click the camera icon in the search bar). Turns out that Amish people made it by hand. (Here's a Britannica article with more info: <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amish" target="_blank">Amish: North American religious group</a>.)
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Because the blog has been online for so long, I decided to remind us that boxes (usually!) need to be unique. Next time. 😁<br />
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The mailbox is at Pegasus Veterinary.Jerry Peekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370174469407405131noreply@blogger.com011650 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85748, USA32.2347766 -110.74323373.924542763821151 -145.89948370000002 60.545010436178842 -75.5869837