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June 24, 2013 by tomdalzell

Mail Boxes #3 – Flowery Quirk

Don’t worry.  I have many more mailbox photos.  And many more mail-related songs.  Such as this:

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In this installment of mail boxes, I present Berkeley mail boxes with floral designs.  They are slightly conventionally whimsical, but they are bright and cheerful and in several ways quirky.  A few are obviously hand-painted, the others manufactured.

1743 Chestnut

1743 Chestnut

1933 Rose

1933 Rose

1429 Hawthorne (Yes, the same as 1933 Rose!)

1429 Hawthorne
(Yes, the same as 1933 Rose!)

1041 Cragmont

1041 Cragmont 

55 Poppy Lane

55 Poppy Lane

65 Domingo

65 Domingo

1977 El Dorado

1977 El Dorado

2121 Eunice

2121 Eunice

2510 California

2510 California

2611 Mabel

2611 Mabel

836 The Alameda

836 The Alameda

1871 San Antonio

1871 San Antonio

609 Santa Barbara

609 Santa Barbara

1340 Cedar

1340 Cedar

3021 Regent

3021 Regent

2214 Carleton

2214 Carleton

1410 Addison

1410 Addison

Throw in a couple of flower songs, like this or this, and we are ready to bring down the curtain with my friend:

Hippie

Hippie

 

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