Only One Post Shows on Front Page - Streamline 3.0

[PhotoGal]

I've searched and searched in the forum for the solution as to why only one of my two posts is showing on the front page of 912Photos.com. (It's currently showing only one post excerpt/thumbnail.) Do I change the following line of code? I had added "3" after "...&showposts=" but that did not work.

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=".get_theme_mod('featured_top_left')."&showposts=".get_theme_mod('featured_top_left_num')); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

In WordPress 2.9.2, the number of blog posts showing under Settings > Reading is currently set to "5."

This should be simple, right? What do I need to do in order to have multiple post excerpts/thumbnails on the home page?

Thank you.