Tucson Mailbox Art

We started 2013 with a koala bear mailbox, at 3202 East 28th Street , complete with branches and leaves. When I rolled by last Friday, the ...

I rolled by this sunny spring scene on May 14th: a handpainted white box, covered by — and surrounded by — flowers.

In case Christmas Day in Tucson doesn't turn out to be bright and sunny, the photo in today's Tucson Murals Project post, Maybe a mu...

Is it the World's Biggest Mailbox? Well, it doesn't actually hold mail, so… maybe not: It's just east of the Lowe's stor...

This black mailbox has stenciled flowers and numbers: I found it on May 14th.

On May 14th, I rolled by this white mailbox with hand-painted rectangular pictures and decoration.

Okay, so this photo isn't really a mailbox. The mailbox is behind it - a stock U.S. Postal Service multi-unit box. But I thought the ...

Here's a black box with unique scrollwork and a ball on top of the post. I snapped it on May 13th.

I'm on my latest trip to New Mexico (which is part of why I haven't been posting to this blog… the other is that I've been reall...

Why does this red-and-white mailbox have a post that's around ten feet high? The top reminds me of a place to hang flags or pennants. (...

I'm back from a trip out of town (without my mailbox photos to post). But now the boxes are back! On January 2, I posted a box that ro...

Instead of putting your mailbox outside the wall around the front of your home, why not put it in the wall — so you don't have to go ar...

As I hinted in the previous entry (you can click there to see it), I've been very busy. So busy, in fact, that I didn't check to s...

The Boxes Are Back after a break for (me) moving to a new home. This box is a great way to start (again): It's white with green and b...

Although this is the Tucson Mailbox Art blog, I can't resist a great mailbox anywhere (especially on Friday the 13th in 2013 :). Gr...

Here's a mailbox design I haven't seen before. It's painted green, and the base is also painted: with flowers. I spotted it o...

Back on January 1, I posted a mailbox at 2903 East Toledo Place . But I only showed one side. I came back on May 13th and photographed the ...

On top of this brown mailbox is a quail cut from sheet metal: I waddled by (quickly) on May 13th.

This black mailbox has a black scroll underneath. (There are more similar columns around the grounds.) I was there on May 13th.

Pots on mailbox posts are nothing unusual here in Tucson. This home, though (in the part of town just north of Reid Park, with large homes ...

This mailbox, with its dark sort-of-metallic blue and a couple of handpainted designs, has a multicolored fence around it. I stopped by to ...

I rode past this black mailbox — with deer a and a tree — on May 3.

This arch-shaped mailbox (at the right) has matching arches in the background. I rode by (amazed...) on May 3rd.

This worn black mailbox has scrolls and loops in its post. I spotted it on May 3rd. (PS: I've been very busy recently, so I haven...

This white mailbox has a handpainted house number and design. I found it on May 3rd.

As I rode my bike around Tucson's (mostly) side streets back in 2012, looking for art on the walls of homes and businesses, I kept spott...

This black box has a red outline and a (painted) spider spinning a web. I photographed it cautiously :) on May 3rd.

This red, white and blue fire hydrant looks as if it belongs here near the curb. So what's a mailbox doing on top of it? Is it a used...

Back on March 9, I posted a photo of this mailbox with a metal palm tree above it — both painted black — which I snapped mid-day on Januar...

I'm back from vacation. On with the mailboxes! This box has one of the chain posts that I usually don't show . It's the surro...

Couldn't be finer for the Fourth of July! (Well, it could use some fresh paint.) This box is next to the plain black box numbered 14...

This handpainted silver and black mailbox has a crazy critter flag: I took its photos on April 28th.

It turns out that this mailbox — in a large white brick post with plants on top — isn't as unique as I thought it was when I snapped its...

On April 28th, I flew by this black mailbox... with a lacy vine wrapped around it and a cardinal-shaped flag. (By the way, you may have s...

This black mailbox is surrounded by railroad gear... and there's a windvane on top! I rolled by it on April 28th.

On April 28, I found this brown mailbox with three kinds of cactus (cut from a sheet of metal and painted white) on top.

This rusty black mailbox is mounted on an Oriental-looking (maybe Japanese?) post of brown with yellow panels inside. I found it on April...

A grey mailbox with a sort of prickly pear “sunrise” between its posts:

This black mailbox has hand-painted blue flowers and butterflies: I found it on April 28th.

A bright copper mailbox with a copper flower on each side, at 237 S. Calle de Madrid , on April 28: