Visiting My Blog

I never realized how many people look at pictures of old people doing crazy things.

Since I have my stat counter on the right I am able to check out how many people are visiting Ye Olde Batt and what it is they are looking at.... I have quite a few people who are regular followers and read my blog posts daily. But I also get hits from all around the world with people who are doing Google searches and happen to hit the blog because of some key word. For a while I was getting lots of hits because of the Howard Brush Company Cotton cards that I had done a write up on. The recently I've been getting hits from people who are interested in my article on Argyle socks. But in the last few days I am amazed at how many people want to look at the picture at the bottom of this page of the two old folks sitting on their lawn chairs in quite an interesting situation. I knew when I saw that picture on the web that it was hilarious and I wanted to incorporate it into my blog somehow, even if it is only for a little while. My idea is to change that picture every few months and show some new bizarre picture that reflects my life or what I would like to aim for in my life..... mostly because I like a little bizarre-ness in my life. What would life be if everything were plain and normal. You see I love to laugh. Not just a hoo ha but a belly-wrenching, bend-over-and-touch-your-nose-to-your-knees, gasp-for-breath-after-falling-on-the-floor, laugh!

A few months ago I had a picture in that spot of three ladies obviously three different generations with boob scarves on and I loved that picture too. But when I saw the one of the two old folks sitting in their chairs with such interesting aprons I thought this is great! Somehow it just seems to be the right amount irreverence to life.... who wants to be serious when life is so short.

Anyway there are several people from all over the world who are visiting my blog just because of that picture. They are from Sweden, England (three or four from England), Moscow, New York, India, and nearest I can figure is someone on a boat in the gulf of Guinea or possibly an island that's in the gulf of Guinea (that's near Nigeria for those of you who don't know).

Anyway, if you like that picture on the blog keep watching because I am going to make this a regular part of the blog.... every two or three months I will go looking for a very funny or odd picture and put it there..... you never know what you are going to find!

Meanwhile thank you to all of my regulars who are coming to read about what I am doing, thinking and saying. It makes me feel like it is all worthwhile.