Tucson Mailbox Art

We're finished with the mailbox archive. Back to mailbox hunter extraordinaire David Aber. He's outdoing me again :) with this ph...

Many people put the effort into their mailboxes, but this plain box has mosaic tile on both sides of the post: David Aber made that monta...

The camera says I took a photo at 2855 E. Grant at 6:05 AM on June 27, 2013. I rode my bicycle a ways, then took the photos below four minut...

Here's a unique post that hangs the mailbox far out: I found this box on June 25, 2013, but didn't publish the photos until now. ...

Birds are walking across the top of this box, and a lizard flag adds color: I flew by on June 24, 2013 (and stopped for a photo). I haven...

You can't miss those huge house numbers! And the “Yes” flag is a fun addition. I found this mailbox on June 12, 2013, but didn't ...

When I found this mailbox on June 12, 2013, the hand-painted flowers on both sides were faded by the sun. I wonder what it looks like seve...

This mailbox has the house number in the post, one digit per circle — except that the last number, at the bottom, is missing. Since the wh...

The sun is just over the hills in the cutout sheet of metal between these two posts. I took the photo on June 12, 2013, but haven't p...

I've decided to head for the hills this summer — to Santa Fe. So I'm going to publish mailboxes once a week — every Monday — until I...

This group of four mailboxes has two lizards between the posts. I found them on June 12, 2013, but haven't published them until today. ...

Here's a mailbox with a mosaic post showing the sun, a saguaro, and a coyote (or wolf?). The two sides are different. You might h...

Another in our long-running series of mailboxes I photographed in 2013 but didn't post until now is this box with a cutout plant on a...

Someone went to a lot of work to make this elaborate flower “post” from nails and other cast-iron pieces! I rolled by and stopped to ga...

Here's a handsome mailbox embedded in a post that's faced with what look like thin sheets of stone. I discovered it on June 12,...

I'm not sure what to call the design on the flag and under the mailbox. The one underneath looks kind of like an apostrophe to me. Wha...

This home has a mailbox with (metal) plants between its two posts… … and the entrance to the home has a gate with the same design: I st...

When I rode my bicycle past the home on May 28, 2013, I talked with the homeowner. The metal between the posts is recycled, she said. I ...

I spotted this mailbox with a roadrunner on top May 28, 2013. I haven't published it until today.

A rusty plant climbs up the post and around the rust-finished mailbox in this photo from May 27, 2013. I haven't published it until to...

The flamingo by this mailbox post is a lot more tame than the lion a week ago . I found this a bit later the same day, June 3, 2013. I hav...

I found this flaming red, white and blue mailbox just after Memorial Day 2013: June 3rd. I haven't published the photo until today, Memo...

No one will dare steal mail from here. :) I found this mailbox with a lion next to it on June 3, 2013. I haven't published it until ...

Mounted on a tilted blue pole, one side of this mailbox has a scene that reminds me a bit of Taos Pueblo in New Mexico. The other side i...

Bet you can't miss the house number as you drive by this mailbox: (The other side has the typical small paste-on numbers.) I found it...

After groaning for a moment (I've seen enough smiley faces for a lifetime :), I stopped and snapped the photo on June 3, 2013. I haven...

No, I have no idea why. :) I spotted this smashed mailbox, mounted sideways (parallel to the street), on June 3, 2013. I haven't pu...

Here's another in the series of photos I took years ago but didn't publish. I rolled by this mailbox on a wheel June 3, 2013.

A sky blue mailbox with a two-color stripe: The photo is from June 3, 2013. I haven't published it until today.

Here's a mailbox that looks to me as if it's by the same artist who painted the box across the street (see Mailbox archive: 4917 Eas...

The mailbox door was open when I rolled by on June 3, 2013: Across the street is another mailbox in the same style. We'll see it next...

This mailbox sits on some kind of galvanized metal tube. The photo is from June 3, 2013, but I haven't published it until today.

I snapped this photo of a mailbox in a pot with artificial flowers on June 3, 2013, but I haven't published it until today.

Shining Light Baptist Church has this stuccoed post with a business-sized mailbox. I photographed it on June 3, 2013, but haven't pu...

Here's a nautical-looking yard as I found it on June 3, 2013: Since then, the big tubes have been removed. Here's a Google Maps S...

A lavender mailbox with big white flowers: I snapped the photos on June 3, 2013, but haven't published them until today.