Bubba is sooo tired! Bubba did not come home last night.... Needless to say Peter and I were devastated. I was certain he had met the fate of several other neighborhood cats who were out after dark. I don't think Peter slept at all, he kept going out and calling for him. Finally. Peter went to get the paper across the road about 5:30 a.m. when he heard a weak "meow". Jake had followed Peter outside, and he was sitting under the elm tree looking up. There was our Bubba, about 40 feet up in this tree. Peter got out his 24 foot picking ladder, climbed to the top of it and was still nowhere near him. But the 'Bubba Belly' must have been empty enough to be enticed by the food Peter was offering him. Peter said Bubba slipped and slid down to him before he got a good enough purchase to climb the rest of the way down. Peter carried him in the house and woke me up by putting him in my arms...... Bubba has not moved from this couch all day.