Creativity is not extinct on Battle Point Road. Tucked into the lush green canopy characterizing
this area is an exuberantly painted mailbox featuring a robust colony of dinosaurs belonging to
the Brouwer family. The evolution of the idea for the mailbox began when Jamie Brouwer
wanted to create something fun for her young sons but admits it may have been an act of
rebellion against some of the “serious and snooty” mailboxes she saw on the island. In her old
Seattle neighborhood Jamie had admired a large dinosaur head overlooking a fence and
thought to herself, “those people must be really cool”. With that in mind she set about gluing
dinosaurs onto her mailbox. Coincidentally that “really cool” Seattle family moved to Bainbridge
around the same time and Jaime was astonished to see their Jurassic gem overlooking Wyatt
Way. Dino-mite!

Denise Stoughton is currently writing a gift book highlighting the curiously creative mailboxes of Bainbridge Island and the stories behind them. Traversing the island in her white VW Beetle in search of the island’s most interesting mailboxes, she’s become known as “The Mailbox Lady” and has even been mistaken for a mail thief. Arbiter of all things postal, when she learned of the famous Kindred Spirit Mailbox of Bird Island, NC she enlisted the help of the Bainbridge Island Park and Recreation District to install a Kindred Spirit Mailbox in upper Fort Ward Park. Stoughton says her quirky mailbox obsession has brought her closer to the community and is “crazy fun”. Follow her journey on Instagram and Facebook and to purchase mailbox related gift items visit https://www.uniquelybainbridge.com/shop.