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Manatee Mailbox

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Coffee with Cathy

A manatee mailbox is not what you'd expect to find in a Huntsville, Alabama, neighborhood, but it sort of makes me smile -- and want to go to the beach.

15 thoughts on “Manatee Mailbox”

Michele on June 9, 2009 at 8:35 am said:

Now that is too awesome. I want one.
Ina J Offret on June 9, 2009 at 8:53 am said:

Very cute. Not your mailbox, I presume. I have seen whale mailboxes, very nice as well.
Karen (KayKay) on June 9, 2009 at 9:42 am said:

Makes me smile, too. And it reminds me of living in south Florida.
NCmountainwoman on June 9, 2009 at 10:43 am said:

Huntsville does seem a bit inland for a manatee mailbox. Perhaps they are dreaming of a retirement home on the beach.
Janie on June 9, 2009 at 11:41 am said:

Too cute!!!
Kathy on June 9, 2009 at 2:11 pm said:

That is a one of a kind! Right now the beach sounds good too much rain in out part of world. Have a great day.
shoalswriter on June 9, 2009 at 2:29 pm said:

Ina — Nope, my mailbox is one of those Fisher-Price Little People-plastic types, but I would love to have enough gumption to put up a manatee mailbox! We think that the mailbox-owners are Florida transplants since there’s a pink flamingo in the yard, too — or maybe they’re just dreaming of the beach.
John Deere Mom on June 9, 2009 at 4:02 pm said:

That’s the biggest stinkin’ mailbox I’ve ever seen!!
vodkamom on June 9, 2009 at 4:46 pm said:

now THAT is a mailbox!!
John L. Pitts, your husband on June 9, 2009 at 6:33 pm said:

I guessed that was what our youngest, the manatee fan, had installed in front of her apartment.
shoalswriter on June 9, 2009 at 9:18 pm said:

Dear husband John Pitts — she did try to buy something very similar at Home Goods (translation for husband: that’s TJ Maxx’s home store)although not as big and not a mailbox but sadly found out that the $20 price tag was from something else.
V-Grrrl on June 10, 2009 at 2:32 pm said:

I stopped liking manatees when I realized I was starting to look like one as I headed toward menopause. I keep checking my chin for whiskers.
The Cowgirl on June 11, 2009 at 12:15 am said:

That’s brilliant! It would make it easy to give someone directions – ‘yes, ours is the house with the large manatee out front’ 🙂
shoalswriter on June 11, 2009 at 7:29 am said:

You all crack me up!
Michelle on September 13, 2009 at 10:31 am said:

I was doing a search on something totally unrelated and came across this…this house is right around the corner from me…my little girl and I got a kick out of the manatee the first time we took a walk here and saw it LOL