Not able to view photos ~ and other problems

It's been a while since I was here, and I was not having this problem before, so now I don't know if I have some sort of "viewing setting" mis-set or . . .
. . . what might be happening.
But . . . other than the "Member Photos" in the upper right of each screen, I cannot see pictures here at the site, including in the "Photo Gallery" and "Plant ID" forums. The text of each post is there, but no pictures. Member posts, which evidently have photos (there are added comments, complimenting the pictures
) don't have any pix visible to me. I can't see photos that I know I posted, in previous threads.
Can anyone tell me what I need to do . . .
. . . or un-do??
** edit to add ~ OH, and my avatar (which was working fine before this last down-time) is missing now, too - but I can see other people's avatars?? I'm feeling totally lost ..................
***edit again to add ~ OH MY!! I just also noticed that all points that I had accumulated, have now been zeroed out --
-- is someone trying to send me a message?? Am I "out-on-my-keester"?
~*~ zuzu ~*~

I can't answer you
Just babbling to myself, at this point . . .
. . . nothing I've done has resolved the case of the disappearing photos . . .
drats!! I still need someone's help with that.
'K then, next item on my list - wanting to see if my avatar appears with this reply post (fingers crossed) .
Oh,
and I've found that my points actually still DO appear at the bottom of my profile page, but if I use the "MY POINTS" tab at the top of the page, the totals are all zeroes . . . so maybe this is just a glitch of some sort??
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*edit to add - Woohoo! Avatar DOES appear in reply posts - but not in initial postings?
Was this always the case, and I just never noticed??
~*~ zuzu ~*~
Gardening in zone 8 - Coastal N. Carolina
~*~ zuzu ~*~
Zuzu's Petals in Bloom