Maiboxes in Melbourne

Tucson artist K. Loren Dawn enjoys trips to the tropics. She also has an eye for mailboxes — and sends ones she spots along the way. Here are two. The hidden camera data says that the first is from May 1st and the second from May 4th. Thanks, Loren!

2710 North Palo Verde Avenue

Here's a mailbox with an intricate design on one side…

…and a simpler one on the other:

I took the photos April 14th.

3429 East Glenn Street

No, I have no idea why someone would put a big rock underneath their mailbox. (But Glenn Street in midtown has more than its share of, er, creative mailboxes.)

I rolled by — then pulled over right away — on April 14th.

2933 East Florence Drive

Though lots of mailboxes are embedded in a stuccoed post, this one is different because there's a planter next to it. The bright design is eye-catching, too… I couldn't miss it!

Here's a close-up of the box itself:

I found it along the route of the Heart of Tucson Art open studio tour April 14th.

2815 East La Cienega Place

OK, I've already used the title “This Mailbox Rocks” on another box. Hmmm…

Anyway, the post looks like sandstone — maybe over concrete? I saw it April 14th.

2702 East La Cienega Drive

Dots in swirls on this bright box:

If found it on April 14th.

3048 North Treat Avenue

I was on the Heart of Tucson Art open studio tour April 14th when, as I turned onto Treat Avenue, I saw this box topped with two birds.

The lighting made it tough to get a photo, so I spent a couple of minutes under the tree trying various things with my cheap cell phone camera.

I've never understood why some homeowners are concerned or confused when someone (me!) takes photos of their artistic mailbox. But they came out to ask what I was doing. I told them, and I asked if they'd made the mailbox. They said it was there when they bought the home. I thanked them and left as soon as I could — with some blurry photos that I've tried to fix before I posted them here.

I think they wrote down my license plate number as I drove away.

I hope you appreciate the trouble I go through to show you great mailboxes. :) :)

Bubbling Box in Oracle

Along the route of the Oracle Artist Studio Tour on April 6th, I came across this mailbox outside Michael Carroll's place.

What can I say? I had to go in to visit his studio. :)

P.S. I've changed the posting date from Tuesdays to Mondays — so you can start your week with a new box.

3236 East 24th Street

This simple box has butterfly decals on a red background. I spotted it in February and noticed that one side had only one decal. I came back on April 5th to see if it had changed… it hadn't:

3302 East 24th Street

I pulled over to check my map near dusk on the evening of February 26th. Near the car was a plain-looking mailbox in a cinder-block box partly filled with dirt. The post looked special, though, as if it had a faded design painted on it:

Sure enough, the design was some kind of climbing vine. I'm guessing that the post had a vine, or the cinder-block box used to hold some kind of plants.

Clever idea, eh?