Tucson Mailbox Art

One hightlight of the annual Oracle Artist Studio Tour is Rancho Linda Vista . There are lots of artists — as in much of the rest of Oracle...

If you're like me, you think of a flowerpot sitting on top of flagstone, don't you? David Aber found this mailbox that turns the ...

Here's Speedy Gonzales from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons in the 1950s and 60s. I cropped the original...

Here's another one of David Aber's finds on August 14, 2016. The family name on the box is Angulo:

I normally don't show saquaro-themed mailboxes on this blog, but there always are exceptions. This is one of them. First, here...

On May 19, 2016, David Aber took several mailbox photos in the neighborhood south of 22nd, between Wilmot and Kolb, where streets are name...

If you follow the Tucson Murals Project blog , you probably saw yesterday's entry Mural-rich street in Guanajuato, México . That door s...

As David Aber mentioned with his August 11, 2016 photos, the “post” on this pinkish mailbox is pretty standard for Tucson. I think what migh...

On August 11, 2016, David Aber found another Doozy! He wrote: “At first, I wasn’t sure that it really was a mailbox. So, I looked at it...

About this wild yard, David Aber wrote: “The first photo is the mailbox by itself. The second photo shows the steampunk motorcycle behind i...

This box with bugs has white insects and flowers over a teracotta background. I buzzed by (and landed, for a minute!) (sorry :) on October 2...

Here's another of the gems that David Aber found: Snoopy on top of a doghouse mailbox. He took the photo July 27th. How do you find ...

David Aber caught this bright-colored desert-scene mailbox on July 13th, 2016. Next time we'll see another of the boxes he's found...

On the way to (or from) Gates Pass October 22nd, this pinkish mailbox with a red spot on top caught my eye. Of course, I pulled over. ;-) ...

I drove past this abstract blue and white mailbox when I was on one of the fall 2016 Artists’ Open Studios tours. It wasn't at one of ...

David Aber reeled this one in: He found a photo of a piranha mailbox in Australia. David wrote to suggest that I post it. After all, he poin...

I normally wouldn't walk onto someone's front porch to take a photo of their mailbox! But this home was on the Dunbar/Spring house...

Here's a plain vanilla (actually, blue-violet :) mailbox. I don't photograph a box because of its color; there are lots of boxes pai...

The Dunbar/Spring neighborhood (just north of downtown) is full of art. This is the first of three boxes in two blocks of Perry Avenue: T...

This blue and white mailbox has what looks to me like a scene of mountains and clouds with (on the photo below) saguaro in front. Don'...

South of Reid Park on December 16th, I rolled by a home with a sense of humor. The yard has a rusted or brown (I couldn't tell which)...

This pair of spotted mailboxes is at 3142 & 3150 East 26th, just south of Reid Park. I spotted ;-) them on December 16th.

I usually don't post mailboxes on a Sunday. But I'm making an exception for New Year's Day, a great time for a snooze.

Last week, I posted one holiday mailbox every day; I'd found a lot of them! I was sure I'd find more, but I haven't yet. I'l...

Why not cover a mailbox with lights? The street was (like a lot of Tucson streets) pitch-black. So the lights really stand out.

This mailbox looks a bit worn. So do the boughs and ribbon. For some reason, I didn't get the exact address. The camera data says i...

The tinsel matches that on the home: There are some flowers on the side, but there's also a sort of disk on top that reminded me of ...

It's been a long time since I watched Sesame Street, but could that be Kermit the Frog dressed up in a sort of Santa outfit? I hop...

I'm not sure if any of this is for our December holidays — maybe it's more for Halloween? Anyway, I thought it was unique. This ...