The bowl that I keep on the porch for dry food has disappeared.

This is not the first time this has happened. A while back it was gone for several weeks.

What happens to it?

Well, my theory is that the raccoons decided to take it back to their "nest" (or whatever).

It disappeared once before, and then after a couple of weeks it reappeared. Evidently they had figured out that it did not fill up by magic, and needed to be on the front porch to receive the food.

(Brief interruption--the man who makes my trash disappear just came for some money. He's a private collector that we've used since shortly after we moved here in '76.)

And now my boy cat is busy being extra loving--which makes it hard to type.

Time to grab something for supper.