I do it a little differently. I type the text I want in the 'reply' box (like I'm doing now), leaving the cursor blinking where I want the pic to show up. Then I close the entire thing by clicking on the 'reduction' icon (for lack of a better term) at the top RH corner of the screen. Then I re-open another portal by clicking on the same icon on the desktop that I used for the first one that is now hiding at the bottom of the screen. Using this second 'opening', I go to Photobucket and go through the selection process and click on 'copy' when instructed to do so. Then I pull up the original window in which I started writing the message and bingo, there's the cursor still blinking in the 'reply' window. Right click to get the prompts up, left click on 'paste', and presto, the image code appears as if by magic- which it surely is. Hit 'Preview reply' just to make sure everything is kosher, then submit. Close out the screen with Photobucket on it (the red X top RH corner) leaving you with this grand web site running, and proceed with your life!