How does page view work?

I always wonder how this whole page view thing works. How do people find your blog? How do people come back to it?

I truly want to know. The art of blogging is difficult. Thinking of blog ideas is just as difficult as finding readers. Have any of you had this problem.

I have this unrealistic expectation that my blog views and readership will take off like wildfire. I guess not though, because I'm often too lazy to track down pictures, especially if I can't think of an image pertinent to a blog post. So perhaps, I will randomly showcase this one of take out cheesecake on a snow day:

 Or this lovely photo op from Terp Thon- FTK!

In case you are dance thon illiterate, FTK stands for For the Kids!