Say What You Will About Work-Related Productivity, Readership is Up in Slovenia

This weekend has been wonderful, and it's not over yet.


Technically, I'm supposed to be finishing up some work to better posture myself for a short, but intense week.  Technically.


Instead, I find myself reviewing my stats on blogger.  


I'm not sure if you're familiar with the stats feature that Google offers, but it's kind of great for curiosity and ego, although it has a built-in *reality widget* to help keep things in perspective.  For small-time bloggers like me, it's always fun to look and see which twelve people in the world have been visiting my blog.  

Illustration:

Oh look!  In the past week I've had 17 hits from Slovenia!  Is this more significant than work-related spreadsheet?  You bet.  My boss would probably disagree.  And what's going on in Japan?  I'm not sure, but I'm thrilled.  Japanese friends, I love you and think of you often:) 

And in the past month?

Alright Slovenia, you're being edged out by the UK, but there's still a few days left in the month.  Germany, France, India, Netherlands, Russia and Latvia, welcome welcome!  So nice of you to drop by!

So what could possibly explain the international presence on my tiny space on the internets (*cue reality check widget*)?  I'd like to think that people just enjoy watching my son do cute things like wield sticks or brooms.  Or that they feel like they can identify with our family.  These are potential explanations, but I think a more likely one is that people just really want to find images of Bjorn Borg and cicada killer wasps.  Fortunately for you, gentle reader, this blog has both.  You're welcome:)


This theory is supported by the "traffic sources" feature that allows you to see key words that people are searching for on the internet that can be found on your blog:

It has been my experience that Bjorn is still provoking a lot of interest out there...

Whatever the reasons, I've really enjoyed watching new countries pop up on our traffic source; even if they're simply looking for action shots of former tennis pros or prehistoric-looking insects.  Our international reader-friends are welcome any time:)