[Dailydrool] HMS Santa Rosa Opens Holiday Fruit Stand for Hounds

[lea pierce]

​Houndservant slept in T-Day morning by an hour. This apparently was
unsettling to the new recruits, who have come to expect the galley to be
open at specific times.

Rather than annoy houndservant, however, they very thoughtfully took
matters into their own hands.

Upon arising, Houndservant lurched into the Bridge, only to spy Ruby
munching quite contentedly upon a Granny Smith apple--intended for the
T-Day pie.

Hmmm.... Houndservant had never seen a hound wraps paws about an apple and
munch... interesting...

Houndservant progressed into the galley to make a vat of coffee and....

WHAT?!!!!????

Of 10 big, luscious apples (granny and macintoch) ONLY 4 REMAINED!

It is 10 AM on T-Day morning; dinner at friends is at 3:30; Houndservant is
charged yearly with bringing the apple pie (as it is famously terrific; it
really is).

O! O! O!

Forget the coffee. Houndservant dresses hastily and heads for the market,
hopeful it is open until at least Noon (it was open until 3PM), all the
while marveling....

"Nothing is sacred. Nothing is sacred. Nothing is sacred."

and this...

"Those hounds will eat anything; anything; anything."

And this:

Hounds: 4
Houndservant: 0

Sigh.

Houndservant was also robbed of a pint of perfectly ripe, late-season
strawberries 3 weeks ago (this is California y'know, where strawberries
grow until it freezes) locally sourced from the best vegetable stand in the
world. Ruby? Jasper? One or t'other, they got 'em. Houndservant found one,
lone, luscious strawberry hiding under the counter. Strawberry thieves.
Apple thieves. Shall they attack the eggplant and rutabaga next?

Well, Houndservant is grateful apples were there to be purloined; thankful
the market was open; thankful for friends and family to share an apple pie
with; thankful for hounds, for drool & Droolers...!

Happy T-Day from the thieving, pirate crew of the HMS Santa Rosa!

​Leftenant Lea Pierce
Houndservant & Fruitseller​
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