Friday, May 22, 2026

LETTERS AT THE EDGE OF THE DAY

My picture from yesterday was indeed the end of the garlic. I had finished using 6 cloves and that was the last of it. I thought it made an interesting photo, which just proves I think almost everything is worth a photo, if I stare at it long enough, even that which is left on my cutting board. I looked at it and went “hmmm…” and there you go. It was an easy guess, yes? On to today’s post, a picture and a poem.

Along the quiet country lane they stand,

Each box a keeper of unseen hands.

Paint chipped, flags lifted, hopes enclosed,

Stories waiting where sunlight glows.


The breeze hums softly through the grass,

Whispering names as shadows pass;

Messages carried from heart to heart,

Tiny bridges where worlds depart.


And in this row of colors worn,

Dreams are delivered, love reborn—

A watercolor hush, serene and true,

Each mailbox holding a piece of you.


~Letters At The Edge Of The Day~






This is a photo taken many years ago on a road trip. I was used to seeing these multiple mailboxes on rural roads and still consider them things of historical importance, and beauty. I used an art app as the photo was very dark and I wanted to give it a better look. It lightened the image and turned it into a painting. Then I added a poem to describe the scene. 


Thanks for visiting everyone. Thanks also for joining in yesterday and leaving your comments. Always very much appreciated! 

Have a great weekend! 









11 comments:

  1. A lovely post Denise, it sure is a snippet of history.

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  2. The app idea is wonderful—and I love how the photo looks both as a painting and as a photograph; seeing so many mailboxes lined up like that is just great.
    The accompanying poem is absolutely wonderful, too!!! Thank you for this touching post!
    Have a good day—hugs, Elke

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  3. Love the watercolor painting of the mailboxes. The poem is so wonderful as well

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  4. Great photo and I like the poem! Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great Memorial Day weekend.

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  5. I have seen collections of mail boxes like that; perhaps not quite as many but they became a virtual tourist attraction.

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  6. Nice poem to go with the letter boxes, so many there.

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  7. I have never seen mail boxes stapled together like that...how interesting!

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  8. Mailboxes used to call to me to take a picture. I liked the rural mailboxes, many in a row such as in your picture. I liked individual mailboxes that resembled animals, fishes, small houses.

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  9. I missed yesterdays post so had to go back and look. I would not have guessed garlic. I do like the picture of the mailboxes. So simple, yet.... I don't know, I like it though.

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  10. I'm with you that almost everything is worth a photo. :) I think I need to find that app. :) Have a super weekend.

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  11. There is something appealing about rural mailboxes.

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