Iphoto won't let me drop photos to photostream?

In iPhoto I'm trying to drag a photo from one of my folders and drop it into photostream.  It won't let me.  Does anyone know why?  Do I need to drag it from my library folder?  (I'm not at my computer, this is why I'm asking, as I can't try it at this moment.)

yes, photostream is enabled and I have seen it function properly.  What I'm trying to do is essentially the reverse.  I'm at work (without my imac) trying to talk my husband into dropping the photo I need into photostream from my macs iphoto, so I can access it with my ipad2 at work.  He is telling me it won't let it drop into the photostream folder....it just "falls off."  He was trying to drag it from one of my folders in iPhoto and not from the "photos" folder.  Wopuld this make a difference?  It would be simple to ask him to simply drag from my photos folder, but I cant imagine he would ever be able to find it (orignal photo,) to be able to try it.

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