Musings and Meanderings:
Saying Farewell to Blogger

The photo is a shot taken by Jessie last weekend. It is unfortunate that I have to say that she has given me permission to post her photos on this blog hosted by Blogger. We woke up this morning to find that her pictures from her trip to Biltmore Estate were deleted.

This was not the first time that an original photo has been removed by Blogger. Of all people I understand copyright laws more than most. Had people at Blogger actually read the post they would know that Jessie is a pre-teen and therefore I serve as her guardian (being her father I think that qualifies me as such).

It was a pain in the ass to reload those images but I love my girl and want the world to see her work. I don't quite understand their reasoning but it was enough to push us over the brink. We are now searching for another host for our blog and we encourage your input as fellow bloggers.

I realize that we've received a free service and it is appreciated. But the time has come to move on. In the next few days expect some changes at our site.

We count on our host to at least contact us before deleting images. They should've at least e-mailed us to ask us if they belonged to us before removing them. It is not like we are serving up pornography here as I've discovered at other blogs hosted by Blogger which specifically says that they don't allow.

I would've like to have discussed this with a representative of the host but that is like trying to find a needle in a field of haystacks. Call me old school but if I have a complaint I want to share it with an individual or at least share it with a contact listed on their site. Trust me, you won't find one.

Should this post or the blog disappear overnight keep searching. We're going to turn up again very shortly. There is still a great deal of living to live, a great amount of joy to share, and I've got a bunch of paintings to finish.