Unable to post an image

So the issue I am having is being able to show the actual image on the site.
It will show the little place holder icon (idk what that’s called), so it seems to at least expect to see an image but does not.

It also doesnt seem to enjoy .Ref
I get this error:
“Error: error building site: process: readAndProcessContent: “C:\Hugo\Ant\content\posts\first.md:7:11”: unmarshal failed: toml: incomplete number
PS C:\Hugo\Ant>”

The gitHub link: https://github.com/BeKindToPeople/Ant.git

This is what the page looks like:

Theme:
papermod
https…ps://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod

Posts I have read and tried:

This one was from 2017 “https…ps://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-to-change-hugos-post-image/5285”

From the Hugo Documentation:
https…ps://gohugo.io/content-management/image-processing/#page-resources

I had to edit the links due to the new user rule.
thanks

currently reading through this…
Rendering Images in Markdown Preview of Hugo Site | mikefrobbins.com

Keep in mind that softlinks do not work in recent hugo versions. Use mounts instead.

oh interesting, Thank you I’ll play around with this.