Friday, April 29, 2016

1521 South Bristol Avenue

Here's another gorgeously-painted mailbox: white, covered with gardens full of clusters of flowers:



I took the photo on January 31 — the same day I was photographing a nearby spot for the Tucson's Pocket Parks blog. To see the tiny “park” and a link to the little mural near it, scroll down that page or click on Your own parklet.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

3349 East Bellevue Street

This gorgeous mailbox is covered with hand-painted scenes of quail in the desert...


I waddled by (do quail waddle? :) on November 20th.

Friday, April 22, 2016

2809 East Helen Street

This white mailbox has hand-painted poppies:


I rode by and stopped ("I'm so sleepy, I can't ride anymore. Oh please, I have to rest for just a minute, Toto, where's Toto? Yawn..." :) on November 20th.

By the way, the blog has been quiet due to a family emergency. Things are better now, and I'm aiming to keep the blog online from today on!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

2607 East Helen Street



This white mailbox nas a red-and-blue design between the posts.
Natural light replaces the white parts of this American flag.


Ted Morrison made it. I found it on November 20, 2016.

Friday, April 8, 2016

2234 East Helen Street



It looks like someone gets (or can get) a lot of mail! This tall rust-finished mailbox has a door at the top of the front side and plenty of room underneath.

I used my wide-angle lens to catch it all (actually, it's not that tall :) on November 20, 2015.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

2222 East Helen Street


There's already at least one blog entry saying “this box rocks!” so I'll spare you… :)

This square black mailbox is in a cage-type post filed with rocks. I (rock & :) rolled by it on November 20, 2015.

Friday, April 1, 2016

2769 North Martin Avenue

A white mailbox with multicolored design that I found on November 20th, 2015:


I used my favorite free photo editor, GIMP, to brighten the flag.

Here's the other side. For some reason, I didn't catch all of it: