smoking cat, mississippi ave.

North Portland's Mississippi Ave. is generally a commercial street, with upscale condos rapidly crowding their way in, but there are still a few old houses along the avenue here and there. Just south of Mason St. there are a couple of hippie-fied houses with an elaborately painted fence out front, featuring a large cigarette-smoking cat. The captions to a couple of Flickr photos by wiredforsound23 claim that the cat was painted by Trent Gibson, while the wizard design around the corner is by someone who goes by "Acid Wizard".