Tucson Mailbox Art

Driving along Silverbell on February 2nd, I ended up taking a wrong turn and winding along a road between a bland-looking subdivision and ...

David Aber calls this mailbox “Pony Express” after the long-ago service that delivered mail and etc. He emailed the photo September 25, ...

I found Bucking Betty out in the desert earlier this month. There was no sight of her owner. The steel sculpture artist Pat Frederick migh...

David Aber found another in his series of “Butterflyboxes” September 17, 2018. Let's look a bit closer:

On August 9th, David Aber stopped by the Mesquite Valley Growers Nursery — where he spotted this mailbox in the midst of a bunch of other...

This mailbox extravaganza is inside the Far Horizons Co-Op Estates, a mobile home facility for ages 55+. There's not a "No Tressp...

Mmmmm… Cherries, anyone? I spotted this juicy box on July 20, 2018.

This clever box seems to be mounted on two round metal posts that come out from the bottom. But, if you look more closely, the posts are a...

The last few months of 2018 were challenging for me. I haven't been able to take mailbox photos or post them. But things should be back ...

This mailbox has more color than any other I've seen in a long while! David Aber emailed them on June 26th. P.S. I'm sorry for ...

In our July 11 entry, you got a look at a butterfly-covered box in front of 8201 E. Victoria . Across the street on the same day, May 10th, ...

What makes this mailbox unique is that the “post” isn't plain: It looks like two legs — with shorts and socks, no less. The man's ...

David Aber calls this “Butterfly Box” — for obvious reasons: He flew by (and stopped) (apologies, Dave :) on May 10th.

Wow! This mailbox has a bit of everything! David Aber sent the photos on May 7th.

David Aber saw this beauty out of the corner of his eye as he was traveling along Tucson Blvd. between Ft. Lowell & Prince. (It's ...

I found this gem, after a long hunt, on May 17th. (I'd seen it on the True Tucson blog.)

As I was driving to a friend's home on April 26th, I spotted a woman painting a mailbox. I stopped immediately, of course. :) She was a...

There are some kinds of mailboxes we don't show . Commercially-made mass-produced plastic covers is one thing that disqualifies a mailbo...

David Aber's March 7th email message was titled “Robbie the Robot.” It started with three photos: Next, he wrote: that the sculpture i...

Nice, isn't it? David Aber found this mailbox on or before February 21st, when he emailed me the photos.

Another great mailbox from David Aber: a covered wagon on a pedestal made of horseshoes. He took the photo on or before February 21st. ...

Last week's entry showed a mailbox on a tree trunk. Here's another house — this one on a much different pedestal

The homeowner made this obviously-handcrafted mailbox. That's an enlarged view of the house. David Aber took the photo on or befo...