Tucson Mailbox Art

A locomotive-shaped mailbox on top of a water pump with a handle: I snapped the mailbox (and a bit of myself) at 1202 N. Del Valle Place ...

A pig serving mail from a reddish mailbox? That's just one of the artistic surprises on this part of Fairmount Street. Even more surp...

A yellow mailbox with an orange sun — and, on the post below, a yellow-and-orange pipe joint. This is one of a bunch of artistic mailboxe...

In a block full of mailboxes, this red mailbox with the number underneath (in blue cut metal) on a red post isn't particularly special....

This double-height mailbox (it looks like they added more room on the bottom?) is painted in what might be camouflage colors. This was ye...

I don't recognize exactly what this post is made from, but the crank handle at top makes it interesting! (If you know, please leave a...

This plain brown mailbox rests on an extension of a terracotta-colored post which has a cutout running horse on top. There's also a lit...

This plain white mailbox has a turtle design between the posts. (Somehow it reminds me of a sea turtle swimming into a beach, but that'...

This ordinary mailbox is special because it's on a "post" of glass blocks and cinder blocks: I found it on December 8th.

On December 8th, as I was exploring this presidential part of town (with avenues named for US presidents), I noticed a mailbox with a pictu...

What makes this mailbox special isn't the mailbox: it's the lavender column with decoration around the address, brick above and bel...

The fading black paint on this black mailbox (which has a band of flowers and a wheelbarrow on top) seems to be covering something else: a U...

This plain white mailbox has a flag with a (humming?)bird and a flower. I took the photo on December 8th.

This rusted-metal mailbox is mounted on the side of an angular pedestal with a metal ball on top. I wondered whether the homeowner is an ...

This black mailbox has a hand-shaped flag and a post decorated with a trellis, dragonflies, and leaves. I snapped it on December 8, 2012.

A brown mailbox painted with stars, moon, sun, a fish and a seahorse: I took the photos on December 8th.

This black mailbox has an image of a hot rod engulfed in flames: The homeowner said he bought the box at a car show. (He also has a clas...

On the way to Gates Pass from the south side of town, you'll see this mailbox with a hummingbird and two flowers on a white post.

A black mailbox with flowers, butterflies, and metal scrolls: I fluttered by on November 11th.

Artistic mailboxes tend to come in groups: a bunch along the length of street, or a group of neighbors across the street from each other. Th...

A Zebra-striped mailbox with a flag of a bird sipping nectar from a flower: The photo is from November 11, 2012.

I wonder whether the homeowners built this rabbit-shaped mailbox — or pulled it out of their hat? I hopped by on November 11, 2012.

This mailbox looks like stainless steel; it's on a flat rusted-metal post. The two sides are for two different families, I think. I t...

Hand-painted flowers on a white mailbox: I took the photo on October 16th.

The box here has translucent sides and is on a rusted metal post. I took the photo on October 16, 2012.

Tucson has lots of eucalyptus trees, but not many koala bears (as many as you'd find on eucalyptus in, say, Australia). The folks at 320...

This stuccoed mailbox post is hand-painted with angels and plants: I found it on August 22, 2012. Update (June 14, 2013): There's...

Why not counterbalance your mailbox with a young cactus in a pot? The residents here did it: I rolled by on May 24, 2012.

This mailbox has a springy post with an "arm" (which looks like... uh-oh, is that another saguaro? :). I found it at the end o...

This plain mailbox doesn't have a post. It sits on a pile of rocks: I took the photo on May 24, 2012.

This mailbox is at the corner of East Toledo Place and East Calle Glorieta, and the 2903 address fits this part of town in both directions. ...

The 2012 holiday season is almost over. I thought I'd wrap it up here with one last photo. This mailbox has accomplices: a gang of Santa...

Between the two posts are (I don't know cattle breeds; if you do, please post a comment below), horseshoes, a rodeo rider, and a couple...

Lots of Tucson homeowners get the idea of mounting their mailboxes on a saguaro. I posted photos of several on December 23rd. I'll try ...

Some mailboxes have flowers, but this mailbox has one REALLY BIG flower — larger than the (plain black) mailbox itself. According to Goog...

A very fun mailbox with assorted reptiles, lightning bolts, and an extra-large flag: I slithered by on April 6th.

Here's a white mailbox with hand-painted flowers. (There are lots of similar mailboxes around town. Maybe some — including this one? ...

This mailbox, nestled in a post made of bricks painted white, is wrapped with Christmas lights and garland. (Too bad I wasn't here at n...

This white mailbox with sky-blue flowers is decorated by some holiday ribbon and a bell. I took the photo yesterday.

That (the title of this post) is a well-known bumper sticker phrase (here's a story of its creation )... so it fits these four mailboxes...