This must be something simple that I'm overlooking.  I would like to put a "latest Images" widget above the homepage content, but it does not show up.  I've tried various other widgets and none of those show up when placed on any of the home page widget areas, though I can get them to show up on general footer and sidebar.  I also noticed that there is no actual "home page" in the pages list. I don't know if that is related or relevant.    Does anyone have any idea how to get my widgets to work?

Many thanks,

CeL