Iphoto pics/files missing

I have been getting "disk is almost full" message and in an attempt to free up space, I may have deleted some files including Iphoto which contained 3000 photos.  My Time Machine backup is not current (about 6 months old).  Is there a way to restore my MAC AIR to the files that existed on it last week??
Thanks

Just another quick note - I see you say you're using OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), which is now about 2 years old.  I honestly don't recall whether Photo Stream was around back then, or if it was, how it worked (compared to today).  So I'm a bit more skeptical that Photo Stream will rescue you, but it's worth a quick look anyway (if it even exists for you).

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    If that doesn't fix it you'll have to reinstall iPhoto. To do so you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iPhoto" in the file name with either a .PKG or .BOM extension that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder and from the /var/db/receipts/  folder,
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  • TS4435 Apple's temporary fix to drag each picture in iPhoto is not really a solution for a big pic file. Better to use the save all feature and save to a temporary place before importing it to iPhoto.

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  • How to rebuild an iPhoto library skipping missing pictures ?

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  • TS4213 Why can't iPhoto, Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iMovie access my iTunes Library files and Pages, Numbers, Keynote and iMovie access my iPhoto Library files now that I upgraded to '11?

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    Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Unless you have an external storage source you can't backup your photos.
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