Mailbox archive: Saddle up! 5644 East Fairmount Street

This is the first of a series of mailboxes I photographed but never published on the blog. Back on December 8, 2012, I was out hunting mailboxes, found this one, and was so amazed that I forgot to write the address where I found it! It's a mailbox with a “hump” on the post and a saddle on top.

Luckily, I had the geotagging feature on my cell phone turned on. Last week I checked the photo on a map and found it. A quick look at Google Maps Street View shows that the saddle wasn't there anymore — at least in March 2019 when the Street View car drove by. It's quite a scene… worth a stop if you're in the area (northeast of Craycroft & Speedway)! I'll include that photo below.

4480 South Heather Place

David Aber found another mailbox with a tiki post on October 10, 2017.

Besides the post and the grass shack, he spotted the fun sign on the fence at the left side of this photo. I've zoomed in below:

He sent the photo on January 8th. Thanks, Dave.

Glittering glass: 2010 East Hampton Street

Pieces of colored glass between the posts make this plain-vanilla mailbox much more fun.

There's a light at the bottom left that probably lights it up at night. If I get a chance, I'll stop by and grab a photo after dark.

I took the daytime shot on November 24, 2019.

Sculpture and mosaic: 818 N. Irving Circle

David Aber sent photos of this beautiful box on November 5, 2019:

Arizona flag flag: 8116 E. 6th St.

I don't see many mailbox flags that are a flag. David Aber found this one and emailed it November 5, 2019:

Most people don't paint the back of their box, but this person did:

Stunning skylines: 6250 E. 2nd St.

One side is at night; the others are during the day:

Thanks, David Aber, for shooting and sending these on November 5th.

Flight of fancy: 5317 E. Rosewood St.

Notice the bird carrying a letter on the end of the box? (As always, you can click on the photo for a larger view.)

This beauty is from David Aber. He emailed it November 5th.

Nighttime in the desert: 8846 E. 35th Cir.

David Aber emailed this on November 5th. The other side is solid black, he says.

Don't touch that box: 4220 E. 2nd St.

David Aber is at it again. How do you find these amazing mailboxes, Dave?

He emailed the photo on November 5th.

Finally, bigger photos (when you click)!

Until recently, Blogger would charge me money if I put photos on this blog that were longer or wider than 800 pixels. That used to be pretty big, years ago... but now it's small. They've raised the limit to 2,048 pixels.

Starting next week, if you click on a photo, you'll see a much larger version. (The template that holds the photos and text is still the same width. I'll try to fix that some day. For now, you'll need to click.)