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Retro Mailboxes

I was in a building in a small town near Abilene and they had a wall of retro items on display.

These two old mailboxes were on the wall.  I wish we still had these for our mail.

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Rural Mailboxes

Hmmm, wonder how many of these mailboxes are in use.  They look kind of abandoned.  There is a number on one of them that I removed, but the others look not so good.

For some reason, I love these mailbox groups when I see them.

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Roadside Mailboxes

Barely hanging on.

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Rural Delivery

A long row of mailboxes on a back road somewhere in upstate NY.  

My heart is grateful for:

my grandson's graduation dinner

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Abandoned Mailboxes

The other day I was walking around downtown and I came across these abandoned mailboxes in front of a house that also looked abandoned.  I took a long shot of both, then a closer shot of the mailboxes and I like this one better.  

Whenever I see an abandoned house, whether in the country or within a city/town it makes me so sad.  Just thinking that once upon a time it was probably someone's special home.  Did they raise their children there?  Was it their first home?  Did they have fun decorating it to make it their special place?  Did their children celebrate their high school graduation with a party in the yard?

We'll never know.

Today I'm grateful for:

being able to tell my children about their history and having photos to share with them

 19/365   Snowy Mailboxes    

It's cold here, very cold.  When I made this image it was -32, but fortunately there was no wind.  The snow was crunchy, a sound I love even though I don't love snow, the air was crisp and it was the middle of the 4 hours of daylight so the light was really lovely.  

Now that it's Dec 22, daylight will last longer each day until it's light for 23 hours/day.  What a difference.