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The world through your eyes

Calling amateur photographers! Have you taken a great picture that you’d like to share with the world? One with action, great lighting and/or interesting subjects? E-mail it to communitynews@ajc.com. Please no selfies, for-profit promotional pics, group shots or anything you wouldn’t want your grandma to see. Janet Deaver of Stone Mountain took this photo on Dec. 23 on St. Petersburg Beach. “I was taking the sunset picture with my Samsung Galaxy J7 phone,” she wrote. “The pelican was a bonus.” St. Pete Beach is a Florida resort city set on a barrier island, west of St. Petersburg. It’s known for its beaches. A 1928 landmark, the pink, Moorish-style Don CeSar Hotel, looms over the shore. The Pass-A-Grille area offers galleries, shops and the Gulf Beaches Historical Museum, which displays postcards and other artifacts in a 1917 church. Nearby, boats depart to Shell Key, a nesting site for seabirds and turtles. James Goff Jr. said he’s new to photography but wanted to share his work. According to WebMD, dandelions have a lot of medicinal qualities. Even though most consider it a weed, dandelion is an herb. People use the above-ground parts and root to make medicine. Dandelion is used for many conditions, but so far, there isn’t enough scientific evidence to determine whether or not it is effective for any of them. Dandelion is used for loss of appetite, upset stomach, intestinal gas, gallstones, joint pain, muscle aches, eczema and bruises.

Bradley Ward of Alpharetta shot this photo at Helton Creek Falls in North Georgia on April 8. Helton Creek Falls cascades in a set of two waterfalls, sliding down in tendrils through a beautiful, hemlock-filled creek valley. The trail isn’t long,...