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another shot of the mailbox before N fixed it. It looks mostly back to normal now, slightly askew (but everything closes and latches and locks) and some black marks on the inside from the sparkler bomb.
I got a little bit excited about all the neat mailboxes while i was on vacation.... this one was too cute to pass by
"Mad from life's history;
Glad to death's mystery:
Swift to be hurled--
Anywhere, anywhere, out of the world!" Author Unknown
About 15 miles west of Palm Desert, CA in the middle of nothing but rocks and one visible residence.
This is my latest wood working project. I call it a mailbox safe since I feel putting a coin slot in the top and calling it a bank would ruin the look of the wood. It is made of red oak (3/4" I think). It was sanded down to a final grit of 600, burnished and then finished in tung oil (the bottom looks as good as the rest of it if you are wondering). The mailbox cover is from the town of Bushton KS and holds a particular significance to me in that it was where the mail was sent to my grand parent's implement shop. In other words if you sent in a check for service on your tractor or combine... that my grandfather had performed. it was most likely picked up by my grandmother from this very mailbox. The mailbox front itself is stamped 1957 and came with a card indicating its combination and reading, "National Lock Box Company, Inc."
This is the third annual hike up to Mailbox on my birthday. Jason and Kyle joined me. We left the trail head at 6:35 am. Jason begged off the pace part way up and Kyle stopped at the boulder field. I carried on to the summit where the views were typical for this time of year. Gray, wet and drizzly. ;) Great way to start the day.