Blogging Vs HTML

I am proud of my newfound knowledge in html and css, and my new knowledge of Blogging. My last post was the first time that i had actually posted an image in a blog and the simplicity of it was great. To do the same thing in a website would require various linking tags to different thumbnail folders etc... which is time consuming. I enjoy the freedom of html though as i believe there are more options for flexible design, but in saying this, I have a feeling that blogging can offer the same benefits with much less work. I am sure the technology and options available to bloggers will keep advancing in the future enabling more options ( i am still a beginner blogger). It is nice though to be able to create a complex website in notepad.