Being kind rocks (but...): 6046 East 14th Street

As I ride my bike around Tucson looking for artistic mailboxes, from time to time I realize that a clever design I first spotted a while back isn't so unique. This one, for instance, looks a lot like other boxes on a pile of rocks. The difference here is the Ben's Bells “be kind” sticker.

I rolled (and rocked) by on October 26th.

Four rocked-out (or -up) boxes are probably enough. So I'm going to add them to the Not these mailboxes list. If you want to see the other boxes on rocks, click there and scroll down the list.

239 North Silverbell Road

I noticed this mailbox on October 25th, while I was visiting an artist on one of the fall Open Studios Tours. The post is made from a (former) saguaro cactus:

Just by chance, the mailbox is Christmas-green. Here's the other side:

The wall around the home is worth a look, too. You can see it in yesterday's post on the Tucson Murals Project blog.

4842 North Fontana Avenue

I spotted this Halloween-themed mailbox — surrounded by cobwebs — (naturally enough) just before Halloween. For some reason, I forgot to show it until now. I took the photo on October 25th.

341 East Burrows Place

This whale of a mailbox even has a canoeist as the flag (which you can see in the first photo below):

I floated by on October 25th.

1215 North 3rd Avenue

One side of this mostly lavender and blue-greenish box has a tidy tile number sign on the post.

The number on the other side is made with what look to me like stick-on letters.

I found it on October 23rd.

502 East Sahuaro Street

Subtle coloring makes this mailbox different from many.

I found it October 23rd.

Your story through a mailbox: Dímelo

Back on November 25th, we posted an entry about the project named Dímelo (“You tell me”): Stories of the Southwest. Watch their website — and, in January, look for the special mailboxes around town or go to the website to tell your story.

Highland Free School Rocks!

Their mailbox is on a pile of rocks, at least. :) And whenever I ride my bicycle past the school (it's between Aviation Bikeway and the U of A) it always seems like a tidy and happy place. On October 23rd, the playground was full of students. The mailbox itself is a lot of fun, too.

City of Tucson midtown mailbox

A sunny welcome to Tucson's Ward 6 Midtown Council Office:

The bottom of the other side has part of a bumper sticker, and the top of the box seems to say ART ART:

This box brightened an otherwise cloudy Sunday afternoon, October 18th.