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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

I’m So Curious

  cat2.jpg Curiosity image by megholt1308

In addition to my dear followers, I get visitors from around the world whose faces and names I never learn.   

On the day I posted after my three week hiatus, I had over 120 visitors in a few hours.   Most of you were strangers to me. 

Was I happy with all these visits?  Yes, I was.

Gracias.jpg Gracias image by chicatarantino

I had expected during that hiatus that readership would fall seriously off.  That I’d be forgotten; dropped out of cyberspace; cast off into the black hole of lame-o bloggers who don’t do what they say they’ll do and are self-focused enough to think the whole blogging community cares.  Poor me.

But wait!  Poor me nothing.  There you all were. 

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I’m somebody!  

So please, if you’d be so kind, won’t you say ola or bonjour or g’day or dzien dobry if you never have before?  I’m dying to know who you are.  Here are some of the mysterious places you are from:   

Pretoria, Parow, and Johannesburg, South Africa

Warsaw, Poland

Somewhere in Kuwait

Honolulu, Hawaii (I think you, sly friend, come a lot!)

Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany

Phoenix, US (I lived in that valley for 18 years)

Salisbury, UK

Moulineaux, France

Castlebar, Ireland

Roswell, US

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jyderup, Denmark

Surat, Gujarat

Lausanne, Switzerland

Tarjn, Hungary

Trzebnica, Poland

Athens, Greece (are you safe from the fires??)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Whitley Bay, UK

Edmonton, Canada

Parkes, Australia

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A heartfelt thanks to all who visit here…

Sallymandy ♥

18 comments:

  1. Alettesiriane August 25, 2009 at 1:13 AM

    Hello, I am from Norway,and do enjoy your post I love the abouve from Coco Chanel.It sticks!

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  2. Linda LuAugust 25, 2009 at 1:41 AM

    aww no... you wouldn't be forgotten.
    :(

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  3. ZuzanaAugust 25, 2009 at 3:09 AM

    Yes, it is amazing all the people that visit you, right? Suddenly the world is so small and accessible.;))
    And we will never forget you,(how could we??) so no worries when you are off for a while.;)) Sometimes we also need to enjoy life outside of blogging.;))
    xo

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  4. AnonymousAugust 25, 2009 at 5:35 AM

    G'day, I am from Meekatharra in Western Australia, in the outback.

    I pop into your site every now and then -

    Thank you
    Helen

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  5. Veronica WaldAugust 25, 2009 at 6:57 AM

    Maybe these guys have been for a look:
    http://veronicawaldsamusingmusings.blogspot.com/2009/08/so-you-thought-nobody-reads-your-blog.html

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  6. Lucy August 25, 2009 at 6:59 AM

    ...Well I'm not on that list- but you know who I am- little ol' me from Montreal:) I'd love to meet these new bloggers too- wow, they really are from all over the world! It's so nice of you to acknowledge everyone this way:)

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  7. Veronica WaldAugust 25, 2009 at 7:00 AM

    Maybe the "happy police" have been by for a look:
    http://veronicawaldsamusingmusings.blogspot.com/2009/08/so-you-thought-nobody-reads-your-blog.html

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  8. Rosaria WilliamsAugust 25, 2009 at 7:42 AM

    How can anyone forget you?

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  9. La LocaAugust 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    Hi, I'm Jane from Albuquerque!

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  10. Cynthia L. H.August 25, 2009 at 8:32 AM

    Wow!
    Nice to be loved!
    ;^) ;^) ;^)
    (I want to know how you track all of that...obviously being not so "in the know" as you....)
    Cool!
    ;^)

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  11. ceeceeAugust 25, 2009 at 9:20 AM

    It's me - somewhere down south! Who could forget you?
    Catherine

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  12. Kat MortensenAugust 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    I have a little address book and I keep meaning to fill it in with the names of blogs and bloggers and where they blog from. It all gets so muddled for my mid-life mind!

    Hello from Ontario, Canada!

    Kat

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  13. NorthmoonAugust 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM

    I think I've commented before, but perhaps not. I found your blog a few months ago - your photos are beautiful and the things you write resonate with me, so I return for more!

    I missed you during your hiatus, I've been checking regularly for your return. Thank you for blogging.

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  14. drollgirlAugust 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    so glad you are back!!!

    and it is so funny how many viewers stop by and never leave a comment. odd! but maybe they are just shy and need a little prodding. hopefully!

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  15. SazAugust 25, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    NOT SURE HOW YOU GET TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE VISIT YOUR BLOG, i JUST GET THE COMMENTS AND AM HAPPY!! DO YOU MEAN T SAY MORE MAYSTOP BY!!

    GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK!

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  16. sallymandyAugust 25, 2009 at 11:14 PM

    Muchas Gracias! Alette, Linda, Zuzana (LWP), Anonymous, Veronica, Ms Lucy, Lakeviewer, Jane, Cynthia, Catherine (ATCH), :)
    Poetikat, Northmoon, Droll, and FFF: This is so funny; nearly all of you have been here before, and proved yourselves once again DEAR and LOYAL friends. To you new ones, I'm very glad to meet you.

    Tomorrow: how to count your visitors.

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  17. Profoundly SuperficialAugust 26, 2009 at 9:17 AM

    Whitley Bay is where Dracula set sail from... cool!

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  18. JaneAugust 29, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    Hello Sally Mandy, I'm Jane. I live in a remote corner of the west coast of Ireland. I really enjoy your blog. I came across it via the comments you have left on my Profoundly Superficial friend's blog. Keep up the beautiful inspiration

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