Taking a closer look

I'm of quite an inquisitive nature and love a little bit of private investigation. I am so interested in other people. I can often be found just randomly staring at strangers, completely consumed by their activities. Like, why is that man buying 14 bananas? Does he have a potassium deficiency? That must be it, I better go and casually examine the contents of his trolley now.

The weekend saw a delightful Friday night visit to my favorite nail bar, where aside from the joy of preening, i also get to effortlessly eavesdrop onto the conversations of neighbours in grooming. I learned of lip filling injections, favorite mascaras, misbehaving absent fathers and dogs being taken to a photography studio. Absolute jackpot for someone like myself. I like to call it Safari.
Safari because you are surveying all around you and studying any item of person who may be of interest to you. If you ever have the opportunity to sit next to me on a plane, you too will be submerged in the joy of safari.
I also visited my parent's cottage in the West of Ireland. They have owned the cottage since October, so we are relatively new to the area. It was such a beautiful weekend, my Mum and I had lots of opportunities to explore the local area. We walked a gorgeous beach and climbed some rocks at the end, only to be brought to a smaller sandy enclave, with a very unusual stone formation. It was very well built and looked like it had been there for hundreds of years. When we went around the other side of the rocks, we saw that the sun fell very precisely on top of it. What could it be for?

The following day we had some more interesting finds, including the remains of a very quiet sandy harbour. Could it have been a ladies bathing area? Perhaps used for smuggling? Investigations are underway! Our walk continued past these handsome donkeys who were waiting for their Sunday dinner and down to a small but busy harbour.
Instead of the harbour being full of boats, it was populated by large bales of seaweed tightly bound together and very securely moored in a web like structure. We couldn't figure out what they were for. Google has kindly told me they are for a local seaweed factory, but they really were something else.

The usual safari routes were rather limited for me, other than a helpful, handsome service station attendant, there really were no other items of interest to be observed.