Add to Desktop Pictures

Hi
New convert to iMac from Windows.
Love the facility to change desktop pictures, especially the Nature folder.
How do I add some of our own photos (from our African safari holiday) to the Nature folder in Desktop settings so they are included in the random change of desktop pictures?
Many thanks
Les

Just drag and drop them into the folder.
You may want to use copies rather than the originals, and you can crop and size them for the screen resolution in iPhoto to ensure no white bars or stretched pics.
If you don't want duplicates on the computer, you can use aliases in the Nature folder (or wherever else you choose - I use a seperate folder with a mixture of pics from the supplied folders, plus some of my own and some stellar views from APOD).

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--------------------INSTRUCTIONS------------------------
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--------------------INSTRUCTIONS------------------------
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