Your disk is low on space?

Every one or two weeks I will open LR and will see the following:
Your disk "HP (C:)" which contains your LR catalog, is low on space.
Remove files or empty trash to make at least 50mb available soon.
Usually there is very little in my trash at that time. What can I do to keep from getting this warning? My HD has plenty of available space so what space are they talking about and how do I go about keeping it lean?

I currently am up to about 65,000 images cataloged in LR. I backup on launch several times a week and have used the "relaunch and optimize" function periodically as well. I am a bit reluctant to do anything aggressive as, even though I have encountered this warning 6 or 7 times in the past 4-5 months or so I have never had to shut down. I have emptied the recycle bin (which, as I mentioned, usually has very little in it) and then I continue and notice no impairment of function. So at present it represents more of an annoyance and a bit of a mystery only. Maybe I will just report this to Adobe and sit tight unless someone can see an obvious explanation and correction here.
I appreciate all of the input and advice I have received already.

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