http://johnmc.smugmug.com/ Hi, I'm John. I live in Holden Beach, NC where I waste most of my time flying kites. I began flying about 4 years ago when, while walking down the beach, someone said "Here, hold this for me". Turns out it was a line to a kite being flown by "Grumpy", one of the WACKOS kite club members. I realized I hadn't flown a kite in 50 years. The WACKOS (Wings Across Carolina Kiting and Okra Society.....had to have something start with "O", why not okra?) showed me the ropes and now most of my disposable income and time goes into this stuff. If you're interested in learning to fly go to your local kite store or visit one of these good websites for more info: www.blowinginthewind.com ; www.gombergkites.com ; www.gwtw-kites.com ; www.aka.kite.org. When I'm not flying, I'm a biochemist and consult for drug companies. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:45:35 -0700 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:29:01 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://johnmc.smugmug.com/photos/354278882_JUWrS-Ti.jpg http://johnmc.smugmug.com/ http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Fly-2009/10254088_WS2P8 <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Fly-2009/10254088_WS2P8">Cape Fear Kite Fly 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Fly-2009/10254088_WS2P8" title="Cape Fear Kite Fly 2009"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Fly-2009/DSC0079/707336751_mm4mH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cape Fear Kite Fly 2009" title="Cape Fear Kite Fly 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:29:01 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Fly-2009/10254088_WS2P8 http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Eagle-at-Lake-Anna/9877284_m2Cqh <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Eagle-at-Lake-Anna/9877284_m2Cqh">Eagle at Lake Anna</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Eagle-at-Lake-Anna/9877284_m2Cqh" title="Eagle at Lake Anna"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Eagle-at-Lake-Anna/DSC0007/672507915_Stg8T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Eagle at Lake Anna" title="Eagle at Lake Anna" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:05:05 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Eagle-at-Lake-Anna/9877284_m2Cqh http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Finally-Complete/8127873_6o9ze <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Finally-Complete/8127873_6o9ze">Pool Finally Complete!</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Finally-Complete/8127873_6o9ze" title="Pool Finally Complete!"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Finally-Complete/DSCN1701/530000443_pU7h2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Pool Finally Complete!" title="Pool Finally Complete!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Wed, 06 May 2009 15:21:19 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Finally-Complete/8127873_6o9ze http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Construction/7699237_3MG9A <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Construction/7699237_3MG9A">Pool Construction</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Construction/7699237_3MG9A" title="Pool Construction"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Construction/DSCN1516/497516135_4wfNq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Pool Construction" title="Pool Construction" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:32:41 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Pool-Construction/7699237_3MG9A http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Ursulas-Maiden-Voyage/7547505_jC9af <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Ursulas-Maiden-Voyage/7547505_jC9af">Ursula's Maiden Voyage</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Ursulas-Maiden-Voyage/7547505_jC9af" title="Ursula's Maiden Voyage"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Ursulas-Maiden-Voyage/DSCN1495/487588894_aeZ3A-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Ursula's Maiden Voyage" title="Ursula's Maiden Voyage" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:50:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Ursulas-Maiden-Voyage/7547505_jC9af http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Trop-Storm-Hanna-Beach-Erosion/5906275_yjmcg <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Trop-Storm-Hanna-Beach-Erosion/5906275_yjmcg">Trop. Storm Hanna - Beach Erosion</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Trop-Storm-Hanna-Beach-Erosion/5906275_yjmcg" title="Trop. Storm Hanna - Beach Erosion"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Trop-Storm-Hanna-Beach-Erosion/DSC0170/367397754_WqgEh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Trop. Storm Hanna - Beach Erosion" title="Trop. Storm Hanna - Beach Erosion" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:18:32 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Other/Trop-Storm-Hanna-Beach-Erosion/5906275_yjmcg http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/July-4-08-Holden-Beach/5340967_QRkKd <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/July-4-08-Holden-Beach/5340967_QRkKd">July 4 '08 Holden Beach</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/July-4-08-Holden-Beach/5340967_QRkKd" title="July 4 '08 Holden Beach"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/July-4-08-Holden-Beach/DSC0001e/326523319_BzrAc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 4 '08 Holden Beach" title="July 4 '08 Holden Beach" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:38:05 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/July-4-08-Holden-Beach/5340967_QRkKd http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Day-at-the-Docks-08/4858001_R3cND <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Day-at-the-Docks-08/4858001_R3cND">Day at the Docks 08</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Day-at-the-Docks-08/4858001_R3cND" title="Day at the Docks 08"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Day-at-the-Docks-08/DSC0152/289368291_e4YbH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Day at the Docks 08" title="Day at the Docks 08" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Sun, 04 May 2008 08:22:29 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Day-at-the-Docks-08/4858001_R3cND http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Johns-Kite-Bag/2932236_i6SQJ <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Johns-Kite-Bag/2932236_i6SQJ">John's Kite Bag</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Johns-Kite-Bag/2932236_i6SQJ" title="John's Kite Bag"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Johns-Kite-Bag/15x25-ft-flag/158200657_7Tdhy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="John's Kite Bag" title="John's Kite Bag" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:27:55 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Johns-Kite-Bag/2932236_i6SQJ http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Misc/2987118_k7dwB <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Misc/2987118_k7dwB">Misc</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Misc/2987118_k7dwB" title="Misc"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Misc/DSC0062/161794688_jxLyG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Misc" title="Misc" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:12:26 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Misc/2987118_k7dwB http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Launching-the-big-flag/2956501_UwqeC <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Launching-the-big-flag/2956501_UwqeC">Launching the big flag</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Launching-the-big-flag/2956501_UwqeC" title="Launching the big flag"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Launching-the-big-flag/DSC0035/159788629_8p3qd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Launching the big flag" title="Launching the big flag" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:40:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Launching-the-big-flag/2956501_UwqeC http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Festival-Nov06/2101368_HTnXZ <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Festival-Nov06/2101368_HTnXZ">Cape Fear Kite Festival Nov06</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Festival-Nov06/2101368_HTnXZ" title="Cape Fear Kite Festival Nov06"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Festival-Nov06/DSC0327edited-1/108507247_BZ9UY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Cape Fear Kite Festival Nov06" title="Cape Fear Kite Festival Nov06" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:02:07 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Cape-Fear-Kite-Festival-Nov06/2101368_HTnXZ http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Festival-By-The-Sea/2104882_fzpeK <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Festival-By-The-Sea/2104882_fzpeK">Festival By The Sea</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Festival-By-The-Sea/2104882_fzpeK" title="Festival By The Sea"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Festival-By-The-Sea/DSC0288edited-1/108729124_ajPLX-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Festival By The Sea" title="Festival By The Sea" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:15:34 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Festival-By-The-Sea/2104882_fzpeK http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Flying-Kites-with-S-African/2021470_AuDz7 <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Flying-Kites-with-S-African/2021470_AuDz7">Flying Kites with S. African kids</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Flying-Kites-with-S-African/2021470_AuDz7" title="Flying Kites with S. African kids"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Flying-Kites-with-S-African/DSC0655/103571918_jeNf9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Flying Kites with S. African kids" title="Flying Kites with S. African kids" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:20:02 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Flying-Kites-with-S-African/2021470_AuDz7 http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Phinda-Game-Reserve-So-Africa/2021788_b6LHX <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Phinda-Game-Reserve-So-Africa/2021788_b6LHX">Phinda Game Reserve (So. Africa)</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Phinda-Game-Reserve-So-Africa/2021788_b6LHX" title="Phinda Game Reserve (So. Africa)"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Phinda-Game-Reserve-So-Africa/September06-032edited-1/103590776_UDhMf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Phinda Game Reserve (So. Africa)" title="Phinda Game Reserve (So. Africa)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:22:51 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/Phinda-Game-Reserve-So-Africa/2021788_b6LHX http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/South-African-Game-Drives/2021674_s3SJh <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/South-African-Game-Drives/2021674_s3SJh">South African Game Drives</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/South-African-Game-Drives/2021674_s3SJh" title="South African Game Drives"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/South-African-Game-Drives/DSC0868edited-1/103586202_9DgaD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="121" alt="South African Game Drives" title="South African Game Drives" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:49:24 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Animals/South-African-Game-Drives/2021674_s3SJh http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Bloodhound-kites/2038721_YyXYi <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Bloodhound-kites/2038721_YyXYi">Bloodhound kites</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Bloodhound-kites/2038721_YyXYi" title="Bloodhound kites"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Bloodhound-kites/Dudley-1/105047126_tTnQG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="118" alt="Bloodhound kites" title="Bloodhound kites" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:18:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Bloodhound-kites/2038721_YyXYi http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Travel/In-around-Cape-Town/2021603_aFSww <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Travel/In-around-Cape-Town/2021603_aFSww">In & around Cape Town</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Travel/In-around-Cape-Town/2021603_aFSww" title="In & around Cape Town"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Travel/In-around-Cape-Town/DSC0742/103579659_CiT8t-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="In & around Cape Town" title="In & around Cape Town" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:16:39 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Travel/In-around-Cape-Town/2021603_aFSww http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Dieppe-Kite-Festival-2006/2021284_rtR3m <p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com">JohnMc</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Dieppe-Kite-Festival-2006/2021284_rtR3m">Dieppe Kite Festival 2006</a>'</p><p><a href="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Dieppe-Kite-Festival-2006/2021284_rtR3m" title="Dieppe Kite Festival 2006"><img src="http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Dieppe-Kite-Festival-2006/DSC0416/103563750_M9XWi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Dieppe Kite Festival 2006" title="Dieppe Kite Festival 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Kites Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:57:18 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (JohnMc) http://johnmc.smugmug.com/Kites/Dieppe-Kite-Festival-2006/2021284_rtR3m