photo challenges

i had been trying for a number of days now to get photos up on this site so you could visually take in what i am seeing. but for some reason (maybe the speed of the internet here or my impatience) it seemed as though photos were always loading and never posting.
well yesterday, i was able to utilize google's picasa to post my first photo. in my excitement, i "posted" 5 more. unfortunately i found that only one of the five actually worked. not sure why.
this evening i am hesitantly trying again.