Hello again ruthann. I hope you are OK this morning.
Thank you for your kind words about our lost cat. Unfortunately, she was a stray who we had had for only 11 months and when she went missing we had moved only three months previously, so she wouldn't know the area that well (as she only ever sat in the flower bed outside the back door). She was so timid that if anyone approached or talked to her she would just hide in the bushes. She just disappeared into thin air in the space of under one hour.
I spent two weeks looking for her, asking people to check garages, sheds etc and put notices up everywhere. Somehow I knew it was to no avail because she never ever left the flowerbed!
I can't bear to think what might have happened.
You have had some lovely replies. I am so pleased there are such good, kind and supportive people on this site.