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.

Here as promised are some pics of my ducks and chickens. Papa Duck aka " Big Boy" This is Mama Duck aka "Meep" ( that's the sound she makes) Here are the two babies that are left about 8 weeks old . Clipped everyone's wings yesterday Here are the Grand old Boy .....he is the father of most of my chicks and a couple of ladies he is escorting around the property. These are some of my chicks .....about 11 weeks old ( all hatched in an incubator ) but I was not particulary successful . I put in about 40 eggs each time and got 2 chicks each time , a total of 3 batches of 40 eggs for 6 chicks ..... and here are 5 of the 10 chicks hatched by hens . Not sure why I am getting so many white ones with a blue father and mostly blue hens but that is what I got this season . Nancy you would be hard pressed to eat one of these chickens . They are bantams and have so little meat on them it isn't funny. I have them more for entertainment purposes really . We do eat the eggs but I love their feathered legs and feet and the papa Rooster is hilarious when he runs . Looks like Charlie Chaplain running away from you . All he is missing is the walking stick. LOL ! .

Unfortunately, I agree with everyone who thinks this is water damage. In fact, if there is so much moisture that it is coming through plaster walls, then there is significant water infiltration and you have to get at the source. My first guess is that it is one or more roof leaks, and once you get that fixed, the problem is that you may well have major structural wood rot inside the walls and mold. It's entirely possible that the plaster will have to be removed from the walls, the rot and mold would need to be removed, and the walls would then need to be re-built. I don't want to sound like an alarmist, but I suspect this has been going on quite a while inside the walls and you need to be prepared for what you might find and what it might cost to fix.

Is it algae? Is the roof in shade? What part of the US? do you live in? Do you have the same type of roof/ siding on the other side of the house & does it look like this side?