Back-track to Virginia

These are pictures of "candling". Pete had an obnoxious earache for almost a month from swimming in Lake Erie. After several antiboitics and eardrops we thought this might help, especially since we were moving to a third world country. It is a long tube of this cloth covered in wax. The flame creates a vaccuum to suck out stuff from the ear canal. I was supposed to trim it before it got out of control. The first time we did it it actually worked, there was some gunk left in what was left of the tube. Unfortunatley Pete's ear is still blocked... any suggestions????


This is in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Jean made this amazing board game entitled "Where the Heck is Cameroon?" The objective was to move the Schmitts in our Geo (Pete's first car) across Africa. He did an excellent job and it was hilarious. A great send off!