Homeless Cat -- Now Spotacus' Legacy

My beloved Czarny disappeared last Wednesday.  We're still hoping he can make it home, but with a huge owl, a hawk, and a couple of coyotes being in the general vicinity, our hopes are waning.  Neighbors haven't seen him, not even the one neighbor Czarny visited frequently, and it doesn't appear he got locked into anyone's garage or shed.  He's chipped, so if someone does find him, we might get him back.

Czarny's brother, Rudy, disappeared suddenly the same way five years ago.  Absolutely the worst way to lose a pet is to never know what happened.

Given all of Spousal Unit's health issues, I'm not prepared to immediately adopt another cat or two.  I want to wait until I'm absolutely positive Czarny won't be coming home.  By then, we should know if SU will be just in a rehab hospital for a while, or if he'll need to move to assisted living.  If the latter, I would only want one cat.  If SU will be able to come home, we'd like a pair, one for each lap.  Either way, it/they will be strictly indoors, only going outside on a harness/leash, and never unattended.  Those days are over here, now that so much development has driven the predators out of their former territories and into ours.

Our barn swallows and another small bird have fledged and the house is surrounded by tiny birds flying everywhere.  The constant swooping and occasional bang when one hits a window is both distracting and entertaining.  So far, the littles are not damaged by whacking the glass.  They are starting to annoy the hummingbirds trying to reach the feeder, though.

Speaking of hummingbirds, time to refill the feeder.  Later, y'all.

P.S.  I cancelled my Photobucket account, so none of the older photos will appear anymore.  Can't edit older posts, either, so I can't add the photos from GS' internal ability.