I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately about the amount of ads on the site, and the GumGum ads that appear on some of my pictures.  Well, bottom line is – the site has felt the effects of our recession.  My advertising has been cut in half (maybe more), and I need that income to keep the site running.  The site is not cheap to run.  Every picture you see I have to pay for, and everytime you click on a thumbnail, I have to pay for that as well.  There are huge expenses on keeping the site going -and the only way for me to do that is to keep all these annoying ads.

I don’t want you to think that I don’t get your emails. I do – and I respond to a lot of them… but instead of emailing you all separately, I’m doing it here.

GumGum has found a way for me to still use all of the pictures, only now I don’t have to pay for them.  The little ad you see on the picture – pays for the picture itself.  You wouldn’t believe how much it costs to buy pictures!  If the ads are annoying you on the pictures -you can close them.  There is an (x) on each picture that will allow you to remove the ad.

Anyway, I’m sorry for the inconvenience.  Trust me, I’m not using all these ads to get rich.  I’m simply doing it so I can still afford to run the site.  If it weren’t for those ads, I’d have to sell this baby – and someone else would have to run it!

Jocelyn