France Revisited presents the work of two photographs who captures the spirit of encounters between cats and travelers.
First, here’s a photo by Astrid Smits of the Netherlands who came across this cat and boots while vacationing on a farm in Italy near Casole d’Elsa.
Astrid first met this beautiful female as a kitten last year and laid out a box for her to rest in. Imagine then Astrid’s surprise when she returned to the farm a year later and found that the cat was still fond of the same box even though she’s outgrown it. “One morning,” Astrid wrote, “I got up and looked outside and saw her sleeping in the box, next to my walking shoes.”
This next photo was sent by our number one contributing photographer Va-nu-pieds, a unique vision of an encounter while wandering the streets of Paris.
I like cats. I think thet can teach us so much about ourselves. I’ve had two Siamese, one that lived 18 years and the other that lived 14 years. Such neat pets, eh.