The above image is a screen capture of the last few days of my blog stats… for some reason, on Sunday, when I hadn’t posted in over a week, I got over 200 hits! I’ve tried to find a clue as to why this would be but remain flummoxed… Ah well, the narcissist in me wishes those new people (I’m assuming they’re new) had seen a clever, funny, intelligent and wise post. Instead, well, they saw photos of my hair.
Here are some more mysteries maybe you can help me solve:
1. Why is my cat meowing incessently in the middle of the night?
2. Why can’t I fall asleep for hours after I get up and put her out? (Note: she HAS a cat door.)
3. Why are banks so mean?
And a note to all the wonderful people who purchased India books: I’m working on them and they’re coming soon!!
carlasonheim.wordpress.com 
Hi, Maybe some people like pictures of hair!!!
Seriously, in my case I am only allowed to be on my computer at work when I am not on duty, basically only before I start or finish my shift. I have only limited time on my computer at home, which is dialup and very very slooow, before I leave for work so therefore I save your blog and others in my favourites and often check them on weekends. Perhaps other people look at weekends because they have more time then too.
Jo, Sydney (Australia)
I have had a big spike too, two days at the same time as you but I am on typepad. It’s not a fluke I think. You are just ‘popular’.
Hmmm … the hair pictures must have done it! They are cool – some Sundays are like that, but not all of them… at least from my experience (and possibly garden blog readers are different from artist blog readers in habit). It’s fun tracking where people are coming from.
I have a hunch that it will be near impossible to answer your cat question with any degree of certainty. Cats seem to take great delight in waking their humans at inconvenient hours and then making sure they are wide enough awake to guarantee that they can’t fall right back to sleep. (Dogs don’t seem to do that … my cat lived to 17 and she seemed to hone this talent as she aged).
Your Art and Soul Voice
oops… I submitted my comment before it was finished.
… class looked like great fun. I loved seeing the variety of elephant prints.
Maybe all the mysteries are connected….
You get a big spike because your cat has told all her feline friends to walk across their owners keypad just as the cursor is hovering over your name in their faves list.
Your cat is desperate to get out to hear what her feline friends think about your blog.
and the people at the bank are just simply jealous cos they dont get such a big spike on their stats!
Thats my theory and I’m sticking to it.
When my hits go bonkers like that, it usually means someone is saying something about you on their blog!!!
Jason Thompson mentioned me on his blog and my hits went through the roof. I didn’t figure it out until much later. The little counter I have on my blog lets me see up to 10 “hits” at a time and some of them I can see where they came from.
Just relish in the thought that someone somewhere said something wonderful about you!!!! 🙂