We live in a nice neighborhood of newish cottages spaced fairly close together and which look quite a bit alike. Our cat, a Russian Blue (who should learn to live up to her royal pedigree), sometimes stayed out and roamed for up to 48 hours, causing us concern and making us wonder if we'd never see her again. Then one day after a swirling blizzard, she disappeared. We worried, hung up posters, spread the word on social media, to no avail. We thought we'd lost her.