2801 East Helen Street

The theme here is sunflowers. There's also a sunflower sign by the front door (the photo is fuzzy because I set the camera to zoom in while I was standing on the street):

I snapped the photos on June 12th.

2802 East Drachman Street

Here's the scene: a white mailbox surrounded by flowers and cactus:

The box has handpainted flowers:

The west side is faded, probably by strong sun:

I stopped by on June 12th.

2926 East Glenn Street

This home, which I spotted on June 12th, has a fun entrance with something you don't see much of in Tucson anymore: a mailbox by the door (rather than at the curb).

2619 North Tucson Boulevard

My guess is that the critter on the scroll is a coyote — after looking at Comparing Wolves and Coyotes (from the California Wolf Center). Whatever it is, it sets off the galvanized mailbox.

The photo is from May 27th, 2013.

1721 South 4th Avenue

Though I usually don't show saguaro-shaped mailboxes, this one is worth an exception! Gregg Townsend spotted it along the route for Cyclovia on April 6th.

The “arms” are covered with... spark plugs. A search with Bing tells that, naturally enough, you'd take your vehicle here for service. The business is Arizona Radiator and Muffler Service.

Thanks for the prickly art, folks. And thanks too, Gregg, for taking the time to get off of your bike and snap some photos!

2925 East Glenn Street

This green mailbox isn't especially interesting by itself, but it shows a way that some people avoid going outside (in this case, by the green mesh gate) to get the mail. Though I didn't actually check it, boxes like this usually have a second door inside the wall.

I snapped the photo on June 12th. You can also see it — with a lot of other “flat” art — on the Tucson Murals Project blog. (It's in today's April 18 entry.)

4009 East Kilmer Street

It's a poetic setting for this green mailbox with the house number cut into a large plate at the right side of its post.

I took the photo on May 27, 2013.

4010 East Kilmer Street

This rust-finished mailbox and post have the house address in twin-peaked flat metal on top:

It's one of the boxes I found May 27, 2013, along this street in the Poet's Square neighborhood.

4042 East Kilmer Street

This white mailbox has a colorful black-outlined house number.

I snapped the photos on May 27, 2013.

4241 East Poe Street

On my early-morning May 27th ride, I found this black mailbox, on a rickety post, painted with puffs (or are they flowers?).

4227 East Poe Street

A black mailbox with handpainted vine and blosssoms, snapped on May 27, 2013.

4044 East Poe Street

There's no missing the house number perched on top of this brown mailbox. The box is on a post made from twisted wood (with steel behind).

I found it May 27, 2013.

4033 East Poe Street

Somehow this black house-shaped mailbox with fancy scrollwork supports looked to me like something out of Edgar Allan Poe.

I crept by on May 27, 2013.