孤
=
孑
+
瓜
:
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is currently the space station's lone (孤) inhabitant. To feel less lonely (孤), she drew a mosquito's (孑) face on a melon (瓜) to have somebody to talk to in front of the space station (Ø1).
granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
沙
=
少
+
氵
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is selling bottles (氵) in front of the ashram (a1). Smiley (少) comes round because thon is very thirsty and buys a bottle, just to find out that it contains only sand (沙).