July 31 - Lammas Eve

Here we are at the middle of summer almost and here is the most current view of the mailbox that inspired this blog and the Flickr group: Rusty Mailboxes. The honeysuckle and other vegetation are trying to take over.

RM #515

Erik Diaz shares this one. I hope he tells us where it is located.

Thanks, Erik!

RM #514

Flickr member TraumTeufel666 contributes our first rusty mailbox from Germany. It is in Halle (Salle), Saxony-Anhalt.

Danke, V!

RM #513

Laura Hermann found this one near Coleman, Oklahoma. While talking to a neighbor of this unused box she found out that the box was made to look like the owners house. Note how the flag shows the map of Oklahoma!

Thanks, Laura!

RM #512

Marie-Laure Even contributes this one found in Morbihan, Brittany, France.

Merci, Marie-Laure!

RM #510 and #511

Vickie Bowie sends us these two from Pickering, Ontario, Canada.

Thanks, Vickie!

RM #509

Gabe H. shares this one found in Burnet, Texas.

Thanks, Gabe!

RM #508

Vanessa Ordovás sends us this one from Seltz, Alsace, France.

Thanks, Vanessa!

RM #507

Carolyn Seaton found this one in the Fox River Valley west of Chicago. Look back at RM #116 to see a similar situation.

Thanks, Carolyn!

RM #506

Mark Cacovic found this one in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Thanks, Marl!

RM #505

Mafalda2001 found another in Porto Salvo, Oeiras, Portugal. When you look at this photo for a while your eye bounces all around from the mailbox, to the flowers to the fence section and the rolled paper sticking out.

Obrigado, Mafalda!

RM #500, #501, #502, #503, & #504

With these RMs Terry Porter brings us to well over
five hundred rusty mailboxes!
They are all near Mountain View, Texas.

Terry calls this shot "I Brake For Rusty Mailboxes!" With the stop sign that's an appropriate title. I need that on a bumper sticker!

Many thanks, Terry!

RM #497. #498. & #499

"Big Boy" -


"That's Gotta Hurt!" -

"Why Am I So Different?" -

Chris Spurlock found these three and made some interesting images. They are all in Apple Valley, California.

Thanks, Chris!

RM #496

Andrew Muskopf shares another one in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. This picture has something for just about anyone - including an American Flag!

Thanks, Andrew!

RM #495

A. Doskow shares this one found in Belfont Hallen, Bruges, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Thanks, A.D.!

RM #494

Laura Hermann found this one in Waxahachie, Texas.

Thanks, Laura!

RM #493

Mafalda2001 found another one in Paço d'Arcos, Lisbon, Portugal.

Obrigado, Mafalda!

RM #492

Terry Porter sends us this one seen near Kaufman, Texas.

Thanks, Terry!

RM #491

John Allison sends us this one from Terra Nova, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

Thanks, John!

RM #490

This neat shot of a rusty one in Ada, Oklahoma,
comes from Laura Hermann .

Thanks, Laura!

RM #489

Mafalda2001 contributes this one in Paço d'Arcos, Lisbon, Portugal.

Obrigado, Mafalda!

RM #488

Christina Swan sends this whole group found in Ferndale, Washington.

Thanks, Christina!

Rm #485, #486, & #487

Laura Hermann contributes three near Ada, Oklahoma.

For the above RM Laura says, "I know the owners of this rural mailbox. Every time they turned around their mailbox was vandalized by kids. Finally, in desperation, they had this one made. All that happened to it was the vandals tried to rip the front off which slightly bent it and pulled on the flag. After that it didn't always close properly and the rain would get in. My husband put a new latch on it for them. "

Triple thanks, Laura!

RM #484

Dennis sends us two shots of this one from Wildwood, Florida.

Thanks, Dennis!

RM #483

Joe Jayanth sends us this one in Thiruverkadu, Chennai, India.

Thanks, Joe!

RM #481 and #482

Laura Hermann found two more near Ada, Oklahoma.

Thanks, Laura!

RM #480

Mafalda2001 found this one just beginning to rust in Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal.

Obrigado, Mafalda!

RM #479

Hunter White found another one Cumming, Georgia.

Thanks, Hunter!

RM #478

Connie Till contributes this interesting rusty specimen that is in use in Wood Enderby, Lincolnshire, UK. Usually such boxes are well maintained and painted bright red.

Thanks, Connie!

RM #477

Mafalda2001 0ur ambassador in Portugal ound this one in Leião, Oeiras, Lisbon.
Mafada says, "Quite an old one. That was a repair shop at one time. In those times the businesses were downstairs and people lived upstairs. Among other stuff they repaired sewing machines thus the use of the recycled table legs of the Singer machines to do the fence. The people are now retired. I doubt if they will replace the old mailbox, the new ones don't last as long."

Obrigado, Mafalda!

RM #476

Betty Pauwells found this very interesting set in Sanbornton, New Hampshire.
Click here to go to her blog.

Thanks, Betty!

RM #473, #474 #475

Laura Hermann found three more.

Here's one in Byng, Oklahoma -


This one is in Ada, Oklahoma -Here are both sides of another one in Ada, Oklahoma -

Triple thanks, Laura!!!

RM #472

Keri M. contributes another - this one is in Derry, New Hampshire.

Thanks, Keri!

RM #471

Laura Hermann found this one west of Konawa, Oklahoma.

Thanks, Laura!

RM #470

Keri M. found this one in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Thanks, Keri!