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3226 East 24th Street
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 homeowner brightening her (boring) black box with scenes of mermaids and fish:
She hadn't finished. Here are two photos at that point:
I rolled by again on May 13th to find (what I think is) the finished mailbox:
She hadn't finished. Here are two photos at that point:
I rolled by again on May 13th to find (what I think is) the finished mailbox:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
9611 East 42nd Street
There are some kinds of mailboxes we don't show. Commercially-made mass-produced plastic covers is one thing that disqualifies a mailbox — usually. David Aber noticed this a couple of weeks ago, warned me that it's just a cover, and said he likes it anyway. I do too!
There are always exceptions to a rule…
There are always exceptions to a rule…
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
7123 East Lakeside Drive
David Aber's March 7th email message was titled “Robbie the Robot.” It started with three photos:
And “The homeowner has hand-built several items for his yard and roof. This spider with
golf clubs for legs caught my attention. It may even light up at night.”
Another amazing mailbox — and more. Thanks, thanks, David!
Next, he wrote: that the sculpture in the background looks like two dragons:
And “The homeowner has hand-built several items for his yard and roof. This spider with
golf clubs for legs caught my attention. It may even light up at night.”
Another amazing mailbox — and more. Thanks, thanks, David!
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018
5741 East 34th Street
Last week's entry showed a mailbox on a tree trunk. Here's another house — this one on a much different pedestal
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
9621 East Myra Drive
David Aber says that the bird on the box is “probably a Northern Cardinal that has faded over time.
It still has the black mask that distinguishes it from the Pyrrhuloxia.” (If you're curious, try an Image search on Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Google.)
He flew by on February 26th… actually, he wrote, “I was taking photos of an 8 ft. tall armored knight and almost walked into this mailbox.”
Thanks, as always, Dave.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
2437 East Beverly Drive
This is the third of three mailboxes in this corner of Beverly near Tucson Boulevard. Last week's entry, the second of three, showed the same style as this box: two posts with cut-out designs in between.
I passed through this part of the block on February 23rd.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
2431 East Beverly Drive
Here's the second of three mailboxes in this corner of a block near Tucson Boulevard. Last week's entry showed a mailbox across the street with the same kind of design: cutouts between two posts.
I found this bunch of boxes on February 23rd.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
2432(?) East Beverly Drive
Neither the house nor the mailbox seemed to have the house number. It's the house across the street from 2431. Google Maps says the number is 2432.
There are a lot of mailboxes around town with cut-out metal figures between two posts. But each one has seemed to have different figures. (If you know why this is, please leave a comment below. You can remain anonymous.) This is the first of three in this part of the block.
I was there on February 23rd.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
2638 East 21st Street
A handsome but mostly standard-looking mailbox, right? Well, here's the other side:
The flag covers the “8” in the house number. So they've added a second “8” on top of the flag. In all my years of finding mailboxes, I've never seen that obvious trick.
I rolled by (I'm finally back on my dusty bicycle!) February 23rd.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
3333 North Silverbell Road
Just by chance, the previous mailbox — which I found on October 22nd (2017) — had rabbits on top and bottom. This one is topped with bighorn sheep (on top of bighorn sheep…) and has a saguaro along the post:
At the left-hand edge of the photo above is the house number in what looks a plate of steel cut with a welding torch:
I found this surprise two hours after the first one.
At the left-hand edge of the photo above is the house number in what looks a plate of steel cut with a welding torch:
I found this surprise two hours after the first one.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
6562 East Calle Dened
David Aber insists that he doesn't go “fishing for” creative mailboxes and only takes photos when he happens to spot one.
Well, Dave, I think that may be a fish story. :) How do you come up with ones like this??
Let's reel this one in :-P a bit closer and brighten up the Bass a bit with my favorite free photo editor GIMP:
On December 4, 2017, he wrote: “This Largemouth Bass swallowed a mailbox… The fisherman left the weight scale in its mouth. The cover is obviously hand made and very well done.”
We'll go fishin' for more mailboxes in 2018. Happy New Year!
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
8372 East Balfour Place
Here's our last mailbox for 2017. David Aber found it on April 13th and wrote: “I seem to have a talent for finding mailboxes that look like covered wagons. The one I found at 8372 E. Balfour Pl. is my third.” I think I've found a few, but — after five years of mailboxes (I posted the first in December, 2012) — I've lost track.
Happy 2018! (Many more mailboxes to come!)
Happy 2018! (Many more mailboxes to come!)
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