Tucson Mailbox Art

…its tail is the handle to open the door! I found it (but didn't open it :) on November 22nd.

On November 8, 2016, we showed a handmade locomotive mailbox . This one looks homemade, too. Here's a closeup: David Aber sent the pho...

This mailbox on a tricycle is rusty enough that I'd guess it actually hasn't been moving for a while: I rolled by (and stopped) on ...

The praying mantis on top of this flower-covered mailbox gives me a bit of cred in the “Battle of the Boxes” with David Aber, who always fi...

Last week's entry showed what looked to me like a barn on a post . Not to be outdone, I'm sure, this box is bigger. The addre...

David Aber and I came across this mailbox-filled neighborhood on May 29th when I had car trouble nearby. (There are more mailboxes from nea...

Tiles, in two shades of blue, around the top of the large stuccoed post: This is one of a series of mailboxes I found on May 29th in this n...

I found this mailbox on May 26th:

Never seen a mailbox with a broken-looking post and a mouse on top? You have now: (At least, it looks like a mouse to me.) Next to this qu...

David Aber took photos of these gorgeous mailboxes on May 23rd and emailed them to me the next day. Amazing mailboxes, as usual, Dave!

David Aber found this gem on March 15th. The owner put (OLD?) “OL NO 7372” on the side:

I spotted this mailbox with a lawnmower chained to the post years ago — but didn't take this photo until February 13, 2020. As far as ...

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...