Iphoto bar stuck on MAC desktop background

After I updated to Yosemite the iPhoto bar is on the bottom of my desktop (like a photo). It is unresponsive, it does nothing.

Hi Camille,
They've hidden the User's Library in 10.7 & Up...
While on the Desktop, hold CMD +Option+g, that should open it.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-user-library-folder-in-os-x-lion/

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A relevant detail in this may be that I've set iPhoto to not copy imported pictures into the library.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
I think this relates to using a Referenced Library:
iPhoto-modified pictures work fine, non-iPhoto-modified pictures don't seem to work.
In other words, iPhoto will share the files it controls (the modifieds are inside the Library Package) and not the ones that it wont.
Simple test: Create a Managed Library (Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library', import a few pics and see if that works as expected.
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I keep my desktop and iPhoto Libraries seperate, iPhoto is personal and desktop pictures are just that. No need to waste space in iPhoto as I have over 680 desktop pictures and about 8000 iPhoto pictures, so I don't want to overload iPhoto anymore that it is already.
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