When I select all the options in Save Changes to theme, this is happening:

The links that have a # are also having an issue with weird text showing up on the front end.
There's also this warning from Theme Check plugin:
WARNING: Found ="<?php esc_html_e in patterns/front-page.php. Use esc_attr_e() inside HTML attributes, and esc_url() for link attributes. A manual review is needed.
Line 36: <figure class='wp-block-image size-full'><img src='<?php echo esc_url( get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ); ?>/assets/images/mood_1-min.jpg' alt='<?php esc_html_e('', 'cottage');?>'/></figure>