When you've successfully tracked down a workaround that lets you host pictures in Google Drive and get an embed code allowing you to embed a picture on DW/LJ, or anywhere, for that matter. w00t!!1! (But if you want to use Google Photo, you should probably do any resizing and editing on your own hard drive before uploading the picture you want to embed, rather than try to edit it online. It's easier that way.)
Anyhow - take that, Photobucket! I'm much happier paying a little extra to Google for extra space.
And here's a picture of Phil in his aerie.
Also, here's a link to the quick tutorial that helped me out: https://youtu.be/zhwYRPImH9E.