4261 East Camino de la Colina: Miscellaneous mailbox

I haven't seen many mailboxes with a post made of a rusty machine, petrified wood, a little pot with a fresh plant, and… well, you decide:

I walked away, puzzled, on January 28th.

4026 East Camino de la Colina: Reptiles and amphibians, oh my!

(I just saw The Wizard of Oz. A nod to Dorothy.) This green mailbox is a bit faded, but it's still as fun:

I crawled by on January 28th.

Large (box) on (807) Longfellow

This oversize rusty mailbox is covered with giant yellow flowers:

There aren't many homes along north-south avenues in this neighborhood. So it was a nice surprise on my mailbox-hunting trip January 28th.

Tree post at 4252 East Paseo Dorado

This post has a nice shape — especially from the other side, which was hard to photograph with the sun so low:

I found it on January 28th.

3445 East Presidio Road: One neighbor has more fun

David Aber found a pair of mailboxes on December 27, 2020. One is plain black; the other is fun! Talk about contented cows… this one is asleep:

Swirls at 602 South Harvard Avenue

Neither David Aber nor I know quite what this box has on it. He calls them swirls, and that seems good to me. Dave snapped the photo on December 23rd.

6941 East Edgemont Street: Yum!

Did David Aber have the munchies when he spotted this tasty mailbox covered with what look like snacks? I'm not sure what they all are, but I see donuts, pizza, a star shape that might be a cookie, and at least one rectangle that could be a Pop-Tart. (What does your stomach say? If you'd like to vote, leave a comment below. You can be anonymous.) As always, you can click for a larger view.

He found this on November 23 — just a few days before Thanksgiving. After this, I hope he still had room for turkey!

4847 East Melissa Street: Cowboy reading his mail

This mailbox that David Aber found on December 23rd has got to be one of my favorites:

A lot of real-life cowboys may get mail at their headquarters, but I like the idea of a cowboy opening his own mailbox. The post is nice, too:

It hasn't been easy for me to get out mailbox-hunting… David has filled in the gaps. Thanks for keeping mailbox lovers happy, Dave! We're off to another year of great mailbox art.

Seldon Smith's gifts, part 4 of 4

The first December entry Seldon Smith's gifts, part 1 of 4 showed 15 mailboxes, all on Montecito Street, all made as gifts to his neighbors from Seldon Smith. This entry has closeups of the last five; the previous two entries show the first ten. They're in order by street address, starting at 4053 East Montecito.

4053 E. Montecito

4057 E. Montecito

4060 E. Montecito

4061 E. Montecito

4065 E. Montecito

Happy 2021! Let's hope it's better than 2020. (It couldn't be much worse, eh?) See you then.

Seldon Smith's gifts, part 3 of 4

The first December entry Seldon Smith's gifts, part 1 of 4 showed 15 mailboxes, all on Montecito Street, all made as gifts to his neighbors from Seldon Smith. This entry has closeups of the second five; the next entry shows the last five. They're in order by street address, starting at 4033 East Montecito.

4033 E. Montecito

4038 E. Montecito

4041 E. Montecito

4044 E. Montecito

4047 E. Montecito

Seldon Smith's gifts, part 2 of 4

Last week's entry Seldon Smith's gifts, part 1 of 4 showed 15 mailboxes, all on Montecito Street, all made as gifts to his neighbors from Seldon Smith. This entry has closeups of the first five; the next two entries show the last 10. They're in order by street address, starting at 4014 East Montecito.

4014 E. Montecito

4019 E. Montecito

4020 E. Montecito

4025 E. Montecito

4028 E. Montecito

Seldon Smith's gifts, part 1 of 4

2020 wasn't a great year, but here's a bright spot. David Aber found the 4000 block of East Montecito Street, which runs east from Randolph Park. One of the neighbors on that street made mailboxes by hand for 15 homes — at no cost, as gifts!

Today we'll see all of the mailboxes and parts of the homes behind them. The next three weeks’ entries have close-ups of each box. Thanks to David for spending all of the time to take the photos (on November 30th), then edit them!

Scorpion box...

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

7046 Flamenco Place: Another amazing locomotive

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

David Aber sent the photos on November 5. Thanks as always!

880 West 19th Street: Mobile mailbox

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 August 4th.

4310 East Ware Road: Other bugs are in danger

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 finds amazing mailboxes. (Come to think of it, though, he was driving both of us in his car. Sigh. :)

(A praying mantis eats other insects.)

The rest of the front yard is a nice complement to the box:

That's the last mailbox I found May 29th in this neighborhood: near Columbus Boulevard a few blocks north of 22nd. (But I'm planning to come back and hunt for more.)