Okay now I think I can do it
sign in in hotmail to this blog
open picasa
click on a photo
click the save big green button and it should save to my web album
then open blog and click the little photo icon
click get from web album and the photo should be there
have yet to learn how to make them smaller or larger or where to put them amongst the text
luckily I am listening to roy orbison on the computer or the whole lot may have made an exit onto the lawn via the window