One of the cuter things we saw whilst on holiday was that a family of wild cats was living in the ski resort we stayed in for part of the week.

The resort was pretty empty – the main attraction is obviously the snow, so in the summer months it’s pretty quiet.

And one day going down to our rental car, we saw a small tribe of cats we later discovered were living feral.

One of them was plainly very close to the Siamese bloodline, with the markings and colours and everything, and one of them was a very inquisitive kitten.

It didn’t take an awful lot to encourage the little kitten onto my lap. In retrospect, this was probably a bad idea, since you never know whether wild kitties sur le continong have rabies or not. But these sweet little things all seemed too close to domesticated to be rageux.

While I was there, one of the few residents did feed them some scraps, but life can’t be easy for wild cats in the mountains when the snow comes.

All this week on Niles’s Blog – photos of cats. Mostly my cats.

Balcony cat is watching you take photos

And this concludes Cat Pic Week 2007. Normal service resumes shortly.

All this week on Niles’s Blog – photos of cats. Mostly my cats.

We cats sneer on your so-called “vertigo”

All this week on Niles’s Blog – photos of cats. Mostly my cats.

Model cats know how to pose for a picture

Model cats understand about framing.

All this week on Niles’s Blog – photos of cats. Mostly my cats.

13 – unlucky for some. So here’s “Dead cat impression.”

All this week on Niles’s Blog – photos of cats. Mostly my cats.

Greedy cats.

All this week on Niles’s Blog – photos of cats. Mostly my cats.

This is Ellie, my parents’ cat. I do like cats that sit on your shoulders, and neither of ours is particularly keen on the idea.

Still, at least one of them doesn’t mind being picked up when it suits him.

All this week on Niles’s Blog – photos of cats. Mostly my cats.

One of the cats that lives in the Colloseum.