please stop bothering me...

i'm pretty sure that's what fierce is saying in this picture. i was just milling a whole bunch of cooked buttercup squash (for spiced chocolate chip squash bread tomorrow) and set the bowl down for the dogs to lick. rhubard didn't want to share...so i let fierce lick the spatula. she was cute, but i thought it would be more cute if i smeared squished squash all over her head. she did not like this, but it was cute to watch her attempts to remove said squash.

that's what happens when it's your birthday and you decide to do a lot of things that involve waiting for things to cook (like quince paste and squash). but more on that somewhere above and below.