tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post5085134971351135183..comments2024-02-04T22:48:07.662-08:00Comments on FOLKWAYS NOTEBOOK: SNAIL MAIL --- BOXESFolkways Note Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-84198911866524185302016-02-22T18:48:31.185-08:002016-02-22T18:48:31.185-08:00Raining Iguanas -- You are quite the clever man to...Raining Iguanas -- You are quite the clever man to put up two mailboxes -- one for the sub and one for the regular mail carrier. I promise not to tell about your arrangement with your mail carrier. Well many of our newspapers have established themselves online so the time of extant mailboxes might be in the near future? thanks -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-20574314228868663412016-02-21T02:39:57.820-08:002016-02-21T02:39:57.820-08:00I think mailboxes will disappear around the same t...I think mailboxes will disappear around the same time as newspapers. I enjoy your mailbox photos. I have a small circular driveway at the end of our street where the mailcarrier would always circle around to head back the other direction. I added a second mailbox in the driveway to make it easier for him and for me. I keep two boxes. One in the driveway for the regular mail carrier and one across the street for the fill-ins who don't know about the unofficial arrangement I have with my regular mail carrier. Don't tell anyone. Raining Iguanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461327421951949725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-15212040503994130042016-02-17T14:59:28.439-08:002016-02-17T14:59:28.439-08:00troutbirder -- totally agree with you on our mailb...troutbirder -- totally agree with you on our mailboxes. thanks for th comment -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-45828243733932616832016-02-17T09:19:30.864-08:002016-02-17T09:19:30.864-08:00I definitely like Kentucky mailboxes better....:)I definitely like Kentucky mailboxes better....:)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-22309319705908468112016-02-16T11:58:50.431-08:002016-02-16T11:58:50.431-08:00Hattie -- be sure and publish your finished mailbo...Hattie -- be sure and publish your finished mailbox if you decide to go that route -- after-all -- you are producing some interesting artwork. -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-69248866712808572642016-02-15T21:47:59.536-08:002016-02-15T21:47:59.536-08:00Hmm. Maybe I will take your advice!Hmm. Maybe I will take your advice!Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-32987590230718155972016-02-15T18:58:19.264-08:002016-02-15T18:58:19.264-08:00Hattie -- Maybe you could try your artistic talent...Hattie -- Maybe you could try your artistic talents on painting your mailbox. A town I found to be the most artistic with their mailboxes was Santa Fe, N.M. I lived there for almost a year and was always delighted by the colorful visuals surrounding their homes. thanks -- barbara Folkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-23753575960896559972016-02-13T12:40:28.806-08:002016-02-13T12:40:28.806-08:00We have several non-standard mailboxes in our neig...We have several non-standard mailboxes in our neighborhood. I might ask a neighbor of ours to decorate our box with flower paintings, as she did her own. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621439195920479957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-73113127490502212312016-02-11T19:21:03.356-08:002016-02-11T19:21:03.356-08:00Fury Gnome -- I like it too. It was spotted out in...Fury Gnome -- I like it too. It was spotted out in Kentucky country a few years ago. I felt it had a bundle of stories hidden in its guts. thanks -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-23163737711749922262016-02-11T18:13:11.240-08:002016-02-11T18:13:11.240-08:00Well, i like your old tractor!Well, i like your old tractor!The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-51730948329303856082016-02-11T17:36:27.099-08:002016-02-11T17:36:27.099-08:00June -- I don't know the rules on decals or ot...June -- I don't know the rules on decals or other trim on mailboxes. I do know that the US post office has fairly strict rules on where, how, and measurements restrictions on a mailbox. In Ky I was surprised to see decorated mailboxes in use. Personally, I feel that it would be great to see mailboxes painted at the owner's discretion. hanks varvaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-92036102730443212892016-02-11T17:11:46.233-08:002016-02-11T17:11:46.233-08:00Tabor -- My hope is that it will continue far into...Tabor -- My hope is that it will continue far into the future. But I have heard rumors that rural areas might have home delivery cut and will have to pick up mail at their local post office. If that is true then what about the elderly that live up and down our country roads?? thanks -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-45994592461980807242016-02-11T17:07:04.825-08:002016-02-11T17:07:04.825-08:00Barbara -- Your mother's response to the Kentu...Barbara -- Your mother's response to the Kentucky boxes sounds a bit like what my father (now deceased) would say. Your mother and my father come from a different generation when appearances meant so much. I wish that we as residents of this complex could paint the mail boxes as shown in the first photo above. But they belong to the US Postal Service and they, of course, have rules and regulations! thanks -- barbara Folkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-5171067766995337992016-02-11T16:56:38.835-08:002016-02-11T16:56:38.835-08:00visualnorway -- Our mailboxes are so industrial lo...visualnorway -- Our mailboxes are so industrial looking. I would take some of that green that you have as it would blend in with our natural surroundings. thanks -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-81285035663857034632016-02-11T16:54:09.500-08:002016-02-11T16:54:09.500-08:00Rita -- I too like sending cards out once in awhil...Rita -- I too like sending cards out once in awhile to a friend or family member. I know that I also am happy to receive a letter or card. Digital certainly would not mean the same thing as holding a card or letter in hand to be tucked away in a memory box. Emails seem to be changing our world along with all the social media sites -- difficult to predict what the future will bring. Folkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-17303247255523832742016-02-11T16:43:47.913-08:002016-02-11T16:43:47.913-08:00Joanne -- Your sister's idea of painting a qui...Joanne -- Your sister's idea of painting a quilt block on her mailbox is fantastic. I know her block was for letting her customers know that this is the quilter's place of business. My mind stretches the quilt block idea a little further. Just think how beautiful the mailboxes would be with different quilt blocks painted on them. In Kentucky one can find many old barns with quilt blocks painted on them adding charm to the barns. thanks -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-61504241920245384652016-02-11T14:10:22.737-08:002016-02-11T14:10:22.737-08:00Rural mailboxes are fascinating on many levels. My...Rural mailboxes are fascinating on many levels. My sister painted a quilt block on hers to notify her customers they were at the right place. The block was the well known Ohio Star, and also a quilt block. Customers with quilts in hand for quilting did not get it. When that mailbox was run into, she painted QUILTING on the new box. It works.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-53745064553178432442016-02-11T12:44:56.880-08:002016-02-11T12:44:56.880-08:00Hi Barbara, How I love the subject of mailboxes! I...Hi Barbara, How I love the subject of mailboxes! I love how your observant eye caught these, and I love how you noted the contrasts. That is a good question about the future...Digital mail depends on electricity, hmmm.....I myself take great joy in exchanging paper letters with some folks and certainly hope that the art form of the paper letter and card does not become extint...But then again, I only read paper books as well...Sketchbook Wanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-28232168290258267112016-02-11T10:53:52.044-08:002016-02-11T10:53:52.044-08:00I agree about the character in the design of your ...I agree about the character in the design of your Kentucky mailboxes! The other do look almost as bad as ours - they are green with a hinged top. Dull as ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-6870988482504518202016-02-11T10:41:59.428-08:002016-02-11T10:41:59.428-08:00Probably that will not happen in my lifetime. I ...Probably that will not happen in my lifetime. I have mixed feelings about it. Right now it is a big means of delivering advertising, so that will help it continue for some time.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-6991689013901529412016-02-11T05:42:53.048-08:002016-02-11T05:42:53.048-08:00Heaven help us to be totally digital. I love those...Heaven help us to be totally digital. I love those mail boxes, though I can hear my mother's snort of derision, that they look so "common-place." Nothing wrong with that, and the decorations that people went to the trouble to do are great!Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-46675027840881046252016-02-11T04:31:07.555-08:002016-02-11T04:31:07.555-08:00Love those KY mail boxes! I wonder if there's ...Love those KY mail boxes! I wonder if there's a rule against decals or other trim on that plain row of boxes at your current home. <br /><br />Yes, I think there will be a time when mail boxes will become obsolete, except maybe at post offices. I suspect there are those who are plotting the demise of "rural delivery" and any kind of home delivery (except with a hefty price tag perhaps a la UPS) The internet sales sites, especially Amazon, depend enormously on some kind of home delivery.June Calenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00265808476144632255noreply@blogger.com