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Just like someone who discovered a fresh, plentiful fishing hole, Webster won’t spill the beans on where the state’s most beautiful and mesmerizing waterfalls are located. You’ll just have to go out on the trails and find them yourself.","_id":"U7XYSOXP3VEKPCQBYAMUYANBXY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625767829431,"type":"text","content":"Webster, who is a trail boss for the Over the Hill Hiking Group, says the need for secrecy is even more important now that “we have all these nontraditional hikers since the pandemic. They don’t carry backpacks and they throw water bottles and dirty diapers on the trail. 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Award-winning lifestyle, travel and tourism photographer Kevin Garrett says with a little planning and creativity, anyone can get a stunning photo. He recommends putting the shutter speed on as slow as possible and to set the camera on a tripod or on a rock. Early morning and dusk are the optimal times for a dramatic shot.","_id":"5ACSBJNMYJAILP7TME2WQDSAQY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625767829437,"type":"text","content":"“You’ve taken all this time to travel — to hike deep into the woods — to get to the waterfall, you don’t want to just take one shot from one angle. Take it from above, below, get as close to the waterfall as you safely can and try not to get your camera wet,” he says. “Get vertical shots, horizontal. A zoom lens is not an excuse to be lazy. 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Maybe not the first one, but the next one may be.”","_id":"GL737NN5WVE7DIJ6GQ7IXOO33U","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625767829443,"type":"text","content":"Although some of the federal parks allow swimming in the basins, the state parks do not allow it. “You cannot swim in a state park’s waterfall pools but if someone tries it elsewhere, it is very dangerous. High falls, in particular, have tricky rocks and holes and rocks that you don’t see. It’s so easy to slip or get your foot caught. Stay on the trails,” she says. 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The hike is relatively easy — about a half-mile paved trail — and there is a small charge. The twin falls plunge more than 150 feet, and the easiest trail is about a mile roundtrip. The falls are near Helen, which also boasts three other popular waterfalls — Dukes Creek Falls (with a drop of almost 200 feet), Raven Cliff Falls (about 40 feet tall) and DeSoto Falls (about 80 feet tall). Anna Ruby Falls Road, Helen. 706-878-1448. fs.usda.gov/conf.","_id":"YLIZMEEZU5AFDMI2QF4MHBQFKM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625767829450,"type":"text","content":"Tarbor Falls is one of Ozboyd’s favorites with a 50-foot sheer drop. 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Smith-Gilbert Gardens, 2382 Pine Mountain Road NW, Kennesaw. 770-919-0248. smithgilbertgardens.com.","_id":"HP7Y4HRLJJBIDMDXILESGKLG2U","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625756131094,"type":"text","content":"Visit Smith-Gilbert Gardens and stop by the Butterfly House to see hundreds of butterflies.","_id":"3WJPXALPWJBIVATNMJYN7USY7E","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625756131095,"type":"text","content":"DeKalb","_id":"FL5ZF7ES55HODGRX2L336THOGM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625756131096,"type":"text","content":"Fernbank After Dark. 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Friday, July 9. $21.95 visitors, $16.95 members. 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In many works, including a video in the rear gallery space, that humanistic approach is orchestrated to Atlantan Okorie “OKCello” Johnson’s musical compositions which accompany the video or can be activated with QR codes attached to key artworks.","_id":"4DIY5I2JXRHRJBGOOIUPOPTCC4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625665643734,"type":"text","content":"Those later works draw their seductive presence from a juxtaposition of powerful Black bodies with intense color-blocked backgrounds that recall Amy Sherald and Fahamu Pecou.","_id":"P3VYC5DRQZHNPAETO2PAN6L7WY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625665643736,"type":"text","content":"“Departure” proves Palmer’s mettle as an undeniably expert storyteller and illustrator. 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At the time, the two of them (along with Kent) were working on “Million Dollar Quartet.”","_id":"5C7DM3TQZ5A5BCQARB5DYQLO2M","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625588052231,"type":"text","content":"“We were goofing around backstage one night, and the three of us suddenly started in on ‘Barbara Ann,’ and I have to admit it sounded pretty good,” Wood notes.","_id":"Y3AGZLTS7RCFRJ6ZZ4JEPA5DUY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625588052232,"type":"text","content":"“It was neat, just singing harmony like that, and it sort of planted the thought in our heads about putting this together,” Damiano adds. “The Beach Boys have so many cool songs, and we’re playing them with such a great group of musicians, so it’s been a lot of fun.”","_id":"UXOOS2IBONDCBJG2PH66J7S4SM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625588052233,"type":"text","content":"Both performers also remember defining moments from their childhoods when they first became Beach Boys fans. 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Curtis Mills, a property owner inclined toward historical preservation, owned seven acres outside of Milton, and had come to a Matilda’s show and liked what he saw.","_id":"UZRBTD2XKZGTZO3DMRMXFQJXOM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1624310787971,"type":"text","content":"Friends and fans held fundraisers, and the Potters moved the old tenant shack in its entirety to Mills’ land at the corner of Birmingham Highway (which is not really a highway) and Hickory Flat Road, about 35 miles north of downtown Atlanta.","_id":"OU5RWF62H5CKZNKMZBNHKKCBGA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"type":"text","content":"It is now in its third season in what everyone on site calls “pretty much the middle of nowhere.”","_id":"5QDQ45WZVJHBXLTPIGOFBJSWYQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1624310787974,"type":"text","content":"“Our second season was COVID,” says Potter. “We lost the first 10 concerts. 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M.J., her hair pulled back in a loose bun, sits smiling and nodding in a chair well off to the side, where she can take in the whole scene that she and Paul have created: the happy, mellow crowd; the tables covered in candles, wine glasses and food; the fairy lights strung overhead; the small stage.","_id":"M3KU7RUMRVF5NPCJ3DAVEJDKKY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1624310787976,"type":"text","content":"Her plans for the future are not complicated in the least.","_id":"O4UXYVD47FENVJFEEHF5KD5UXM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1624310787977,"type":"text","content":"“I hope it just goes on and on and on,” she says.","_id":"2O7PBV7UERBR5HHN4VWSUGNUFQ","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"LWTZ2UA25NBXZO4HBWSZDKH2CI","type":"divider","_id":"DWBDVLIYPZDSPCQYXCPJPQ32DU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1624310787979,"type":"text","content":"CONCERT PREVIEW","_id":"ZMJN3DLSIBBHZATREPR3GT3E6A","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1624310787980,"type":"text","content":"Matilda’s Under the Pines. 8 p.m. every Saturday through October. 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