Found another one!

Quirky mailboxes are getting to be harder to find.  Most people would rather buy one, like so many others, from their local hardware store.  I keep looking though for those special creations of someone's whimsical imagination, one-of-a-kind expressions that refuse to succumb to sameness and mediocrity.  Found another one of these treasures the other day.......!!

Another interesting one....

I can travel for miles through Ontario without encountering a single interesting mailbox.  But when I come upon that special one, I just have to slow down the car and make a u-turn to capture it - 

Imagination knows no limits

In this world of urban sameness, it is refreshing to come upon a simple item like a mailbox on the Canadian roadside and see that someone has not succumbed to the world of mediocrity, but created something personal and whimsical.

But, I have to admit, these kinds of whimsical creations are becoming rarer and rarer to discover.

The Hunt Continues.....

The hunt continues for the unusual mailbox -  This one, entirely constructed of iron, I found on the road between Perth and Ottawa. 

A Canadian Icon

The Maple Leaf and Beaver are two of the most recognizable and distinctive symbols of the Canadian identity.  But the moose does not lag far behind.  This one, with a humorous twist, I found in cottage country North of Toronto. 

Wine Barrel Mailbox

This mailbox I found in wine country on the Niagara Escarpment.  It works both as a useful object and as an advertisement of the vineyard.  

This one I located in the French region of Prince Edward Island.  The symbolic association of the rooster and the surrounding culture is obvious.

A Mailbox on wheels

Typical folk art is usually influenced by "the way things used to be", a nostalgic yearning for the old ways.  This mailbox is a good example of that nostalgic longing for the "horse and carriage ways"