No, the picture is not removed from Photobucket. It stays in my 'album'. I contacted Mike Longo, the owner of the Lily Auction, and it looks like this is a problem that he has not been able to figure out. He indicated that it has happened to other sellers over time and it is still a problem. I have seen it myself happen to other sellers that have posted items for sale. So if anyone has any ideas about what may be the root cause of this problem not only would I be happy to hear it but from the sounds of his Email, so would Mike Longo. Here is the Email I received from Mike Longo in response to my request for help to him: Hi Robert: I really don't know why for sure. I'd like to ask for your help. Please bear with me here. Other's have also had this problem at times and I still have not figured out why. I think it has to do with the time difference between the time you upload the photo and the time you actually post the item (after previewing). Even though the preview comes up fine, if the time exceeds a certain length (I don't know what length), the image is no longer good......again, but only under certain circumstances which I would like to figure out. I have never been able to reproduce this problem....and I have tried hundreds of times. I need to figure out exactly what the sellers that are experiencing this problem are doing. Something is different from the norm. Any ideas? The biggest variable is time. How much time has elapsed from uploading the image to posting the item. Again, seeing the image in the preview has little to do with it. I need to know what you are doing differently and/or how much time goes by from upload to post. In order for the image to be good, there must be a text file created that has the same number as the image. If the text file is not created the image will auto-delete within a few minutes. In the cases where the image disappears after posting, the txt file has not been created. I am, trying to determine why. There must be some reason why that text file is not being created, but it must happen only under some, as yet unknown, circumstance. Here is the normal steps involved in posting an new item (not re-posting from your closed lists): 1) go to an 'Add New Item" form (Standard form, Quickpost form, or Storepost form). 2) Upload the image (thumbnail then appears in the Add New Item form before you preview. 2) enter the description and all other variables 3) preview the form 4) post the form after preview. Questions?: 1) Which form are you using? The Standard, Quickpost or Storepost? 2) Are you uploading the image first? Is the Thumbnail Image appearing in the form (before you preview) 3) Does the problem occur when you are re-posting or when posting a new item from scratch? 4) Have you any idea of the time frame between uploading your image and previewing? If none of this makes sense to you, don't worry....but please do report any further reoccurrence of the problem to me. Thanks, Mike Here is my response to Mike Longo's Email [above]. HELLO MIKE, THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE. FIRST LET ME TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED AS TO THE PROCEDURES I AM USING TO LIST AN ITEM. HERE ARE YOUR QUESTIONS........ Questions?: 1) Which form are you using? The Standard, Quickpost or Storepost? I USE THE QUICKPOST FOR EVERY POST, USUALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM. Are you uploading the image first? Is the Thumbnail Image appearing in the form (before you preview) SEE NOTE BELOW, I WILL TRY AND EXPLAIN THE STEPS I TAKE TO POST AND PREVIEW A LISTING. Does the problem occur when you are re-posting or when posting a new item from scratch? FROM SCRATCH Have you any idea of the time frame between uploading your image and previewing? THIS WILL BE IN THE RESPONSE TO QUESTION #2 HERE IS BASICALLY THE STEPS I TAKE TO POST AN ITEM. AFTER I HAVE THE QUICKPOST PAGE TO START MY LISTING, I GO RIGHT TO THE PART THAT SAYS : Click here to use HTML EDITOR to format your text into rich text ,I CLICK ON THAT, GO TO THE 'HTML EDITOR PAGE' AND DO MY WRITE UP AND PULL MY PICTURES FROM MY PHOTOBUCKET ACCOUNT. AFTER I AM SATISFIED THAT I HAVE THAT PART RIGHT I GO BACK TO THE MAIN PAGE TO FINISH FILLING OUT THE FORM ITSELF. I PULL THE THUMBNAIL PICTURE AND GET IT SHOWING ON THE FORM. THEN I CONTINUE TO FILL OUT THE FORM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE "COUNTER" OPTION. ONLY THEN DO I GO BACK TO THE DESCRIPTION BOX TO PLACE THAT IN THE SPACE REQUIRED. I GO BACK TO THE 'HTML EDITOR' AND PREPARE THAT TO BE COPIED AND PASTED TO THE DESCRIPTION BOX. I PASTE THAT INTO THE DESCRIPTION BOX THEN GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND HIT THE 'REVIEW YOUR AUCTION ITEM' BUTTON. MOST OF THE TIME I DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY TIMES THAT I DO HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES BEFORE I HIT THE 'POST ITEM' BUTTON, SO THERE IS CERTAINLY A VARIANCE THERE. YOU MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONNECTION TO THIS PROBLEM INVOLVING THE TIME BETWEEN UPLOADING THE IMAGE AND POSTING IT. IN THE POSTING I DID TODAY, PRECIOUS CANDY X BLUE ME AWAY~10 FAT SEEDS Item #1254698275 I FOLLOWED MY USUAL STEPS NOTED ABOVE, AND UPLOADED TWO PICTURES SIDE BY SIDE OF THE SAME FLOWER, 'BLUE ME AWAY'. THEY WERE THE LAST ITEMS I UPLOADED FROM PHOTOBUCKET, THE FIRST ONE I LOADED WAS 'PRECIOUS CANDY'. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IF THE TIME THING WERE AN ISSUE IT SEEMS THAT THE ITEM I LOADED FIRST WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD DISAPPEAR. AS YOU CAN SEE IN MY LISTING, ONE OF THE PICTURES OF 'BLUE ME AWAY' IS GONE BUT THE OTHER IS FINE, ALTHOUGH I LOADED THEM AT THE SAME TIME ONTO THE 'HTML EDITOR' PAGE. THE FIRST PICTURE I LOADED, 'PRECIOUS CANDY' IS ALSO FINE. DON'T LOOK LIKE I'VE BEEN MUCH HELP BUT MAYBE THERE IS SOME INFO IN THERE SOMEWHERE YOU CAN USE. ROBERT S.

Oh thanks Kudzu9, but you don't need to bump this unless it is happening to others and you want an answer. My post eventually got posted. It was weird though, my post wouldn't show up for a long time, like over 10 minutes. I kept trying to post it, and it would keep disappearing. I don't know why, so I posted this thread to ask if anyone knew what was going on. Its not an issue now, but it has happened before to me and it is strange.

Same with me this year. The early, warm part of winter kept the grass green and lush into January...then winter decided to hit all at once with a blizzard, followed by a warm streak, followed by below-zero temperatures. I'm good, but even my grass can't handle that crap. It went about half to sleep, which is unheard-of for me (east-central Pennsylvania, here). You take good care of your grass and winterize as well, so it's not that. I can't remember if I've seen a soil test, but if not, it might not be a bad idea. Low phosphorus or potassium can lead to higher levels of dormancy in winter as the grass simply doesn't want to take the risk. Low levels of iron can also contribute as colder soils have lower levels of available iron to begin with, and iron is required to construct a chlorophyll molecule. Other than that, the chosen cultivars can certainly influence how much winter color the grass maintains. My old Abbey/Kenblue lawn was OK but no great shakes. The new elite lawn does much better even though none of the cultivars are particularly good scorers. Rye, common in cheaper mixes, actually performs amazingly well over northern winters. Fescues are so-so, and KBG is usually fair to poor, depending.

Maybe this is the place to ask this question, I don't know. I'm not sure if this is Houzz related, or my phone or internet connection. I am terrible with this sort of thing. Here's what's been happening. It has been going on about as long as this double post thing on Houzz. When I use my iPhone to post anything to Houzz, I have to sign into my account again, if I have not used Garden Web via my iPhone in the past hour or so. I do not have this issue with my laptop and I do chose the option to remain signed in. I didn't used to have to sign in on my phone every time I went to post here. It happened once or twice before, but now I have to enter my email and password every time I've been off the forum for an hour or longer. Its a bit annoying, and sometimes discourages me from taking and posting a quick picture while in the midst of something. Does anyone know if this is likely a Houzz thing or my issue over here? Thanks, Lisa