Where do the things I save to the desktop go?

My preferences in Safari are set so that anything I save from the Internet goes to the desktop, but none of the documents or pictures I've saved are showing up on the desktop. Any ideas about where they might be?!

Create a new Finder window, click on the item in the sidebar with the Desktop icon, and then view the window's contents as a list; this will show you contents of the desktop which would be offscreen in icon view. If you find your items by doing this, drag them to another location inside your home folder and then back onto the desktop.
Also try creating a new folder on the desktop and seeing if that shows up when you navigate to the desktop in the Save dialog box. Another option is to check that you have Read & Write access to the desktop in the Ownership & Permissions section of the desktop's Get Info window; if this has become set to Write Only, files and folders can be added to the desktop, but the Finder won't show you any of them.
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