Cairns in Portland

Cairns in Portland--another find on a walk, courtesy of 'Portland Hill Walks'. This walk was the Sellwood loop, a walk that takes you along the Willamette River, across Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, along the bluffs above the river (right now they are covered with the hazy blue of ripening elderberries), and into the neighborhoods. Sellwood, like many other Portland neighborhoods, is full of handsome old homes--small and large--, magnificent old trees (chestnuts, copper beeches, etc.) and quirky yards--like this one.