chrisgriffith on February 17th, 2012

Approved by the Postmaster General & Duct Tape Inc. Usually, I feature a mailbox to talk about the community or part of Bonita Springs that the mailbox is located in. Well, this time this mailbox is located in Heitmans and technically the state streets, too. I’ve already covered those two areas of town so I’m [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 9th, 2010

The mailbox and automated postal center at Bointa Springs, Florida post office.

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chrisgriffith on July 2nd, 2010

A buoy mailbox on Bonita Beach, Florida.

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chrisgriffith on May 27th, 2010

Something Cranky lives in Bonita Springs, Florida … and it’s not me.

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chrisgriffith on May 13th, 2010

My mailbox has a passion flower growing on it in Bonita Springs, Florida.

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Boating – Gulf Access Homes in Bonita Springs This mailbox picture was taken back in 2008. I just stumbled across it while looking for a totally different image on my Flickr account and thought I’d share. I just loved the fishing pole mail flag with lure. Classic “Bonita Springs Fishing Village” mailbox. This box was [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 15th, 2010

A Brief but Passionate Affair This was almost the mailbox to a first time home buyer in the Bonita Springs-Estero area.  Some houses just have a few issues that pop up that push them outside of budgeted repairs or even insurance guidelines or lately, mortgage guidelines.  Anything can pop up during the home inspection.  That’s [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 14th, 2009

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July 4, 2009 events, parade, laser show in Bonita Springs, Florida.

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chrisgriffith on May 29th, 2009

A Chuck Wagon, King & Queen Hold Court There have to be a couple of thousand people a day that drive right by Forester Drive and don’t even know that Kings Kew and Queens Kew is tucked back behind the Bonita Beach and Tennis Club.  A few weeks ago I took a spin through just [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 15th, 2009

Things To Do in Estero & Bonita Springs Lee County Florida has some of the best libraries I’ve ever visited.  If you’re in the Bonita Springs, Florida the library is on West Terry Street and if you’re in Estero Florida you’ll find a library just north of Corkscrew road on Three Oaks Parkway. Besides the [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 3rd, 2009

Death Becomes the Postal Box Sometimes I have pretty busy days.  A few weeks ago I had a few busy weeks that were chalk so full of rediculousness I don’t think I could have made it up if I tried.  One random Friday on my way to a closing, after I picked my mom up [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 13th, 2009

Nerd on Nerd Hate Crimes By special request, a Mailbox Series post.  I didn’t realize they were missed.  I have pictures of more to put up, I’ve just been slacking. Here’s to getting back on track… At the north end of Hickory Boulevard in Bonita Springs, I have a listing on the beach.  Like on [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 6th, 2009

She Don’t Call, She Don’t Write … Florida has its share of critters. I passed this mailbox the other day, a gray rainy day, and saw this frog hanging out. He was in Brendan Cove in Bonita Springs, Florida. I call these tree frogs. I don’t know if that is what they are. This kind [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 30th, 2009

Not a Bonita Springs Florida Mailbox Photo credit John Lauber One of the best selling features of Bonita Springs real estate is the snow up north. People from all over the Midwest come to our little part of Florida just to escape the winter weather. Yes, they came to Bonita Springs this winter, too. In [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 15th, 2009

This Old Mailbox This two dollar mailbox was found on Horne Avenue in Olde Bonita Springs.  I wonder where it is now… Mailboxes are now like magnets to me. I can spot a good one a mile away.  Sometimes it’s not a mile a way, it’s just next door.  Last weekend I stopped by one [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 8th, 2009

A Back in the Day Mailbox & Post Office Did you know that the halls and walls of the Liles Hotel at Riverside Park are lined with old photos of Bonita Springs, Florida. I mean way old photos. The kind of photos you see in those books and think to yourself, boy, how did they [...]

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Not Bonita Springs So I got away for the holidays last week and ended up being sick the majority of the time.  Boo.  I was in Northern Arizona and found this when I got lost and had to turn around in an auto parts store parking lot. Onward and forward back to Bonita Springs and [...]

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chrisgriffith on December 20th, 2008

East Bonita Springs Invasion I’ve snapped so many pictures of fun mailboxes in Bonita Springs that I kind of forgot where I took this one.  I know it was off of East Terry Street on the right hand side, I think it was Allen Street but it could have been Jarvis Street. At any rate, [...]

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chrisgriffith on December 12th, 2008

J Christmas Dolphin at the Beach I’m digging his buddies by his feet, the most.  This Christmas mailbox is just a little bit north of Doc’s Beachhouse beside on of the beach accesses.  The back of the house is decorated with cute little bows you can see here: Bonita Beach Home

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chrisgriffith on December 5th, 2008

Santa Claus is Diggin’ The Mailbox Series Last week I took my fat, blind, old LBD for a walk and passed this home in Brendan Cove.  Yes, I carry a camera with me everywhere.  It’s the second home on the left through the gates on Driftwood Drive. There is a really good chance that this [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 28th, 2008

What Does The Mail Carrier Think? So what did the mail carrier think the first time he pulled up to this mailbox covered with sharks eating bloody Barbies?  It may have not phased him…or her.  The whole street has funny mailboxes.  If you’re looking for the land of fun mailboxes, they’re located in Bonita Farms [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 24th, 2008

What Happened to The Mailboxes? They’ll be back.  I just found this and thought it was funny enough to bump the mailboxes for a week.  It’s located in the Lakes of Estero.  The Lakes of Estero is a single family home community on River Ranch Road across the street from Estero High School.  I was [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 3rd, 2008

Tuesday Evening at Lakes of San Souci Since I didn’t receive any protest email or notes of concern I suppose nobody noticed that I missed last Friday’s mailbox.  Was I out of ideas? No.  Is there a creative mailbox embargo?  No.  I’ve been going through a crisis.  My laptop, my bestest friend is dying.  I’ve [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 26th, 2008

Old Bonita Springs Mailbox See that?  That house in the background hiding behind the palm tree?  There are about 20 of those houses in town.  I know where some of them are.  They were built about 25 years ago.  I guess someone had a plan and just sprinkled them through town.  They stand out a [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 12th, 2008

Nothing Runs Like a Deere, on a Post, Planted in Dirt When the storm called Fay (2008) came through Bonita Springs I took photos and did a little video to show people that mainstream media kind of has to sell commercial time and that we really were OK down here.  Well, most of us were.  [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 5th, 2008

Bonita Springs Mailbox Theme Number Two If it’s not fish, it’s parrots.  In the last week I have found two parrot mailboxes.  This parrot mailbox is in old Bonita Springs just off of Dean Street.  I wish I had a bike.  If I did I’d pedal my brains out all over those back streets. There [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 28th, 2008

Stuff a Big Check To The Red Cross in There! This week I cut down Pennsylvania Avenue in Bonita Springs to get to Dolly’s on Bonita Beach Road.  I call the area, as do many others, the State Streets because they’re all, uh, named after states.  I was driving down Michigan which connects Pennsylvania to [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 22nd, 2008

Dead Fish Mailbox | Old Bonita Springs You were all holding your breath for the mailbox du jour, I just know it. Special thanx to a humongous issue with Quick Books and my extension looming in the not so distant future for getting me slightly derailed from the important things; blogging about mailboxes. I think [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 14th, 2008

This week has been a little hectic. For all the whiners who think southwest Florida is doomed rest assured that Bonita Springs real estate is, in fact, selling. There’s been enough activity to get me buried a little behind. Yeah, I heard the recent foreclosure reports about Fort Myers and Cape Coral. Sure the news [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 1st, 2008

Gull Haven and Bonita Farms For some reason I just keep hearing, “Mommy, where are my Lincoln logs”?  I’m just glad I found a mailbox that wasn’t a fish shape, again.  Hey, I’m a little bored looking at only fish mailboxes, too. This cute mailbox was found in Gull Haven or Bonita Farms in Bonita [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 25th, 2008

Friday is For Dolphis and Tall Ones Recently, I joined Rotary International. I’m having a great time meeting so many new people and getting involved with the community. Why did I join Rotary? To serve the community and to get out and meet people. Real people, not just the one’s living in my computer. A [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 17th, 2008

The Gorton’s Fisherman? | Bonita Springs, Florida This one is coming from my Flickr.com archives. I took it a while back right after the bug incident on Old 41 while I was running. The experience was so terrible I ended up running on Bonita Beach to avoid the gnats on the next run. That’s when [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 10th, 2008

Yes, Mail Goes In The “Bacon End” This little piggy went to Bonita Springs, not the market. I found this mailbox off of Windsor Road, just west of US 41. Know where Sneaky Pete’s is? It’s that street corner that you’ll turn. I’ve been taking the long way almost anywhere I go just to see [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 4th, 2008

Bonita Springs Mailbox Series Did you ever see such a patriotic Manatee mailbox? Me either. Bonita Springs has a ton of manatee mailboxes, by the way. They’re right up their with dolphin mailboxes. This is what a manatee is if you didn’t know: West Indian Manatee Facts. Last week one of my readers, the mysterious [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 20th, 2008

Sudbury and Windsor Estates of Bonita Springs, Florida Since I had gotten my free wind mitigation survey I stopped into my insurance agency Jones & Jones to deliver the report and hopefully receive a discount.  I actually received a $120 discount on my insurance premiums, which I will get next year, too.  Skip Mulch, my [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 13th, 2008

Mermaid Mailbox of Bonita Springs Hickory Blvd. on Bonita Beach is more than just prime Bonita Springs real estate, its mailbox gold.  The variety of unusual mailboxes is unparallel anywhere in town.  I do realize that you probably drive by a thousand mailboxes weekly and don’t give them a second thought.  I needed a free/cheap [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 6th, 2008

Protect Your Real Estate Bonita Springs Fridays are for mailboxes on this Bonita Springs real estate blog. When I saw this beauty I decided it would be perfect for a storm or building code post. Turns out we had a wind survey claims expert stop in the office this week which gave me an idea [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 30th, 2008

The Bonita Springs Mailbox of the Week With any luck nobody held their breath for this. As expected another fish mailbox. Bonita Springs definitely has their share of mailboxes in the form of fishes, that’s for sure. I thought I’d get a golf theme mailbox in Bonita Golf & Country Club but no dice. My [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 28th, 2008

The Plan of Riverside in Bonita Springs, Fl Here you have it, ladies and gentlemen, the mailbox of the week in lovely downtown Bonita Springs, Florida soon to be known as the Historic River District of Downtown Bonita Springs, Florida.  I stumbled onto it driving through an area called “The Plan of Riverside” in the [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 12th, 2008

The Liberty Youth Ranch Consignment Store On Old 41 Road, just north of Bonita Beach Road, in Bonita Springs, Florida is the Liberty Youth Ranch consignment store is located. The Liberty Youth Ranch raises funds through donations and consignment of great furniture and household items that is in great shape and can be repurposed, recycled, [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 2nd, 2008

Milking The Mailbox Series For All It’s Worth This little cutie was found in Vanderbilt in Naples, Florida just a few miles south of Bonita Springs. I stopped into the *best* sushi restaurant in Florida, Sushi Thai and took a drive after my birthday dinner and found Bessie the mailbox. Vanderbilt offered fewer mailboxes of [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 25th, 2008

Homes in Bonita Shores Bonita Springs This mailbox was spotted in front of a home in Bonita Shores. If you don’t know where Bonita Shores of Bonita Springs is, it’s that small part of Bonita Springs on the Southwest corner of Vanderbilt Beach Road and Bonita Beach Road. Besides the neighborhood of Barefoot Beach, Bonita [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 17th, 2008

And so it was born, the mailbox series. Bonita Beach in Bonita Springs is one of those places where there’s a great bunch of mail boxes. Today, I drove to the beach and parked down by Big Hickory, just across the street from the marina and grill. I dragged my poor little dog the length [...]

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