Today's delivery by happypat

Today's delivery

We brought these two post boxes back from NZ years ago. One for us & one for our rental property next door.
The best post boxes I have ever seen. Very practical as they are large enough to take parcels & if you have an accommodating postman like ours, if you put a letter to post in the box, stick the red arm up he will pick it up for you.
The daffodils in the old cow drinking trough are lovely this year.

Three good things:
1. A quiet catching up day.
2. Tissues with balsam for a cold.
3. Intriguing presents from Japan.
The daffodils make this so lovely. Your mail boxes do look wonderful!
April 11th, 2018  
Great shot. You don't see many of these mailboxes over here.
April 11th, 2018  
@louannwarren @thistle They are fantastic, we have brought three over during the last twelve years all still going strong. They are great at the entrance to a house or farm, not sure they would work in a town, could be bulky.
April 11th, 2018  
Love them!.i have daffs in our old stone coq drinking though too.just come out..x
April 11th, 2018  
The post boxes remind me of eglus that you house chickens in.
April 11th, 2018  
Nice pov!
April 11th, 2018  
Lee
I like this time of year when the Daffodils are in full bloom. Nice shot.
April 11th, 2018  
A lovely capture
April 11th, 2018  
Nice to see a kiwi icon on the other side of the world... hadn't really thought they were unique to NZ.. when I was a kid we use to get our bread and meat delivered by the mailman so I guess that's why they are so big...
Love the Daffs..
April 11th, 2018  
@julzmaioro I e never seen any like this only in NZ they are much admired!
April 11th, 2018  
@brennieb these look really good this year, I think I must have given them plenty of recovery time last year.
April 11th, 2018  
@stevepo Yes I know the ones you mean, they do look very like them.
April 11th, 2018  
@quietpurplehaze @gamelee @carolmw

Thank you, the daffy seemed to have burst into blossom all at once, I think they seem late this year, not surprising with the weather we've had!
April 11th, 2018  
Lovely daffodils and fantastic letter boxes!!
Perhaps better if you have a sheltered spot where passers by are few and far between!!
April 11th, 2018  
A lovely show of daffodils took my eye before I spotted your letter-boxes !! How handy to have them big enough for small parcels too !
April 11th, 2018  
Boo
ooh nice post boxes...I shall have to go to NZ now! Lovely daffs...Spring is officially here although it is about 2-3 weeks late this year...or so they said on the news just now!
April 11th, 2018  
A nice rural spring shot - the daffodils are lovely. The mailboxes look familiar!
April 11th, 2018  
We have a box just like this but not a postman to pick up the letters. Don't write any nowadays though! Wonderful daffs at the entrance to the house. What is in those Japanese parcels!?
April 11th, 2018  
@maggiemae magnetic book marks, really pretty with Japanese girls on them. A silk Japanese handkerchief & some amazing chocolate Gouden Waffles all beautifully presented of course.
April 11th, 2018  
@chikadnz I'm sure they do! Great design.
April 11th, 2018  
@huvesaker I think it's late here too, you would love NZ being an outdoor girl, so much to do out in the elements!
April 11th, 2018  
@beryl The front just drops down so,easily, no pushing &
& shoving through a slot!
April 11th, 2018  
@sarah19 Yes the post is a bit accessible I suppose they are better at the end of farm drives!
April 11th, 2018  
Lovely gate too
April 12th, 2018  
I love mailboxes like this! When we visited the USA a couple of years ago, I followed a mail delivery van and photographed the driver reaching out of the window to take mail out or put some in and change the flag. She stopped and came back to our car and asked if I was an inspector!! I said I was English and totally fascinated by the system and she thought that was really cool!
April 12th, 2018  
@casablanca isn't that a great way to deliver mail? These nz post boxes are positioned the right height to do just that postman drives up, opens window & delivers mail all without getting out of van. All sorts of amazing designs too, they seemed to love personalising them, I have a book on NZ post boxes. Beats shoving the letters through a hand trapping slot in the front door!
April 12th, 2018  
The mail boxes look very sturdy. Our mail is delivered by the postie on a motor cycle, but he doesn't take our mail to be posted with him though.
April 12th, 2018  
Lovely composition , I love daffs. The boxes are great. We have a grumpy postman who definitely wouldn't accommodate!
April 12th, 2018  
We have a fantastic Rural Delivery service and never thought about it being so unique.. if the parcel is too big for the box he brings it to the door.. one day I was out so he left it on the door step... going pop was out of his kennel when I came home.. bubble wrap.. cardboard.. and 3 strings of Christmas light strewn across the lawn... what a mess .. now he puts parcel up high out of the pooches way...
April 12th, 2018  
Lovely daffs.
April 12th, 2018  
@onewing @jesperani @julzmaioro our postman is absolutely fantastic, he would almost get the washing in if it was raining! Never takes anything back to the depot as he finds a neighbour to look after it. He gets baking done for him & has a selfie post on FB where ho posts pictures of customers & himself. We do get to know who everyone is! Only downsize is the list is very late, almost 5pm today!

Missed posting tonight as I've been out!
April 12th, 2018  
Beautiful daffodils!
April 12th, 2018  
Very nice
April 13th, 2018  
Funny how we take out letter boxes for granted! Love those daffies.
April 13th, 2018  
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