I Lost my Picture File Folder

[buffalobills2]

This is a MAC question instead of an Illustrator question.
When I opened my hard drive, along the left hand side of the window are the applications, music, movies, pictures, etc. icons. I mistakenly dragged the pictures folder to my desktop and the folder went "poof" and disappeared. I know the folder is somewhere in my system but where. Any help would be great.

Thanks,
jim

 

[jmgalvin]

hard drive/user/pictures

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4 & G5