Dog Days of July and August

This weekend I’ll be taking care of Joey, the little Schnauzer while her owner goes camping. She’s grown since this photo was taken back in February during another stay with me. She has a new real Schnauzer haircut too, but she still loves that same old chew toy.

After Joey goes home, I’ll get Ned, who is a grand old dog. Ned will be staying for nearly a month.

My dog Taffy loves Ned. Joey? Not so much. It’s hard to love when you’re  green with envy.

Leroy the cat and Joey are very best friends and spend hours each day wrestling and chasing each other. Leroy is never jealous. He knows he’s top dog no matter who’s around.

I don’t have grand kids, so I have to spoil other people’s dogs.

Gas Up: July 17

Gas prices at my neighbourhood gas station are exactly the same this week as last—$1.479/litre.

 

I suppose you want me to figure out how much that is per gallon in US dollars, right? That’s $5.64 Canadian for 3.89 litres or 1 US gallon, and the currency is pretty close to par—$1 Canadian is worth $0.9932, which makes the price of 1US gallon of gasoline at my local Fas Gas cost around $5.60 US.*

 

Dorothy  has already posted the price of gasoline in Crystal Lake, IL.

 

Now it’s your turn to let us know where you’re from and what you pay for gas.

 

*I did not check my work, so feel free to correct it.

 

Update on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:42PM by rebecca

Candy says that a gas station close to her is charging $4.06/gallon and she is praying for a Vespa.

Update on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 12:42PM by rebecca

threegirldad comments from Kansas, where they seem to have the cheapest gas in North America. If only they had a mountain or two and no tornadoes, it’d be the perfect place to live.

$3.76 and still inching downward…

My Desktop Photo 16: Ibex Valley

Photo by Andrew Stark
(click for larger view)