Images on my desktop Ventura OS keep disappearing
I have a MacBook Air 2020 that has two items on the desktop: a folder of the pictures I imported from my iPhone 12 and my hard drive. I’ve been on Macs since 1988 and this is the first time this has ever happened to me. If I tap the desktop with my cursor the two images show up but if I tap the desktop with my cursor again, both images disappear. I’ve looked in all the settings that I can find including one that says to leave folders on the desktop, which I checked. But yet no matter what’s on my desktop if I tap the desktop they disappear and then I tap it again and they reappear. Can someone please help me with this?
Thank you!
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)