It really is very simple. Follow this and you cannot go wrong.

Assuming you wish to post a pic of - say - Rita Hayworth - follow the procedure as follows -

01. Open up Google

02. In the search box type Rita Hayworth

03. Left click on 'Images'

04. Select a suitable pic - in this case, the first one and just left click on it.

05. The pic is then at the top of the page to the right of 'Google'

06. Left click upon this small pic and you will then be presented with an enlargement all on its little lonesome

07. Right click on the picture and you will be presented with various options

08. Select 'Save Image As'

09. Then you will select a folder in which to place the picture (I have a Photobucket sub folder in my 'My Documents' folder and it is this that opens up for me)

10. Give the image whatever 'File name' you want and Save it (I suggest in your case 001.jpg to start with).

Each time you add pics from hereon in you just need to increase it by one.

You now have a pic ready to put into Photobucket (assuming you have an account).

11. Login to your Photobucket account

12. Left click on the top 'Browse' and your Photobucket folder (in My Documents) should open up

13. Highlight 001.jpg and click on 'Open' in the bottom right hand corner

14. Click on 'Upload' and the picture will then appear in your album and you will find this by scrolling down.

15. Underneath the picture there are 4 links. Select 'Direct Link' and highlight it.

16. Right click on the highlighted link and select 'copy'.

17. Go to Whirligig and make sure you are logged in.

18. Go to the Topic where you wish to post your picture and click on 'Reply'.

19. Left click on 'Image' which is on the left hand side of where you would normally do your typed reply.

20. Right click in the box which pops up (ignore the httpthingy) and click on 'Paste' from the drop down menu - you will see that the Photobucket link that you 'copied' now appears there.

21. Click on 'OK' and you will see that it appears in the typing area.

22. Scroll down, put a tick in the Preview box and click 'Add Reply' you will see that the picture has now appeared.

23. Click on 'Add Post' and the job is done.

I have tried to explain this in the same way as I like to be shown. It may look a little convoluted but, believe me, it becomes second nature after a few times. The main thing to remember is to change the title of your picture so that you are not giving it away to the people who are trying to guess who or what it is.

No doubt an 'actual teckie' will come in with another method but - hey - this works for me.

I have just checked out 'Tinypic' ( tinypic.com/ ) and, as Wendy says, it is so much more simple than Photobucket. After uploading your image simply choose the bottom link as Wendy has advised - job done!

Altered as requested Rosie - please see my comment.