Question: I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong and would so appreciate help.

I really need help! I took on a project to produce free of charge an online publication for a non-profit nature club as they could not get anyone else. My background is in communications but not at the design or layout level. I bought InDesign and a how-to book and the first issue turned out quite well. However, I have run into a problem with this second issue that I can't get past and it has to do with the cover. I have a colour that works perfectly with the seasonal masthead and the cover photo and I want to apply it as the background for the cover page. I want the text box with the highlights of what's in the issue to appear on top of this background. I have tried two different ways to make this happen.
1. I made a text box to cover the entire space and applied the colour swatch. I already had the cover photo in place. Then I tried to add a text box so I could list the highlights. I couldn't type in it.
2. I went back to scratch and created the text box with the highlights. However, I don't see any way of applying the colour as the background below the masthead.
I have no idea how I got this to work with the first issue that I did in the spring, as you'll see from the second image attached.
Does this have to do with layers?
Thanks,
Karen

Thanks, Peter and tman69. I'm not quite there yet. The background colour is now in place and my image appears as it should be. However, something has happened to my text boxes. It looks like the text has disappeared, but when I extend the boxes, I see the words are pushed way below. How do I bring them back up? They still remain down at the bottom when I try extending the boxes.
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