Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Update amaryllis, weaving and vaccination

 This morning I called my doctor's office for information on Covid vaccination. Before that call, I checked the internet and learned the governor will release doses for age 80 and more on January 19, 75 or more years of age on January 25, 70 and more on February 1, and so on. I marked January 25 on my calendar. 

My doctor's office, which is a Cleveland Clinic affiliation, stumbled at first, telling me to go to CVS or Walgreens for vaccinations. I stated the question again, there was a discussion among the personnel around, then I was told they have heard nothing yet, and to call back in a week. See why I don't trust this doctor? 

So, one week from today the governor will release more vaccine, and, at least at the front desk, they are totally unprepared. 

The amaryllis is right on schedule. I've read a few things about it, and the best information I've put together is to keep treating it like a normal bulb. Keep cutting back the various bits as they decline and droop, until I'm back to a bulb. Keep it well watered and fertilized. When it's down to a bulb I can recommence the winter blooming cycle, or let it revert to it's normal state of being a summer blooming bulb.


I read of one fellow with a 75 year old bulb. What a challenge I've acquired. First I must outlive my cat, and now an amaryllis bulb. When it's down to a bulb again, I will repot it. I have time to look around. One person grows hers in canning jars. I think I'll go for a heavy, square, glass jar, so popular in the eighties for chotskie collections. Abby Ann's here I come again.

Over December I was able to accumulate what my business heart feels is an adequate inventory of towels. Call me what you will, my life of retail production has levels of comfort, and mine is having a decent inventory for an undertaking.

Finally today I am ready to begin a new run of towels. I'm going to make khaki, there on the left, near the end. I wonder how strange that will seem. That was the color of the army's dress uniforms during the second world war. I've always liked it, though never enough to wear it or decorate a room. 

So, I'll weave it once and get it out of my system. Some colors that I could not believe would be popular sold away in a heartbeat. Black, slate, kiwi, periwinkle...

Those I need to redo soon are one shelf down. But first, my tubes of khaki.


40 comments:

  1. The governor had better let your cat organise the roll out....

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  2. khaki may just be the thing, a trendsetter! You just know that they will fit right in with what seems to be coming up in this land of the free...Oh dear.
    Pleased to know that your immunization is available to you, I likely will not get one until late spring. Slow roll out...

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  3. I'm 75. For 2 weeks now I've called Mercy & Aultman hospitals here in Canton, the county health department, my GP, CVS, Walgreens - NONE of them have any direction after they give front line workers & nursing home residents/staff. "Watch the paper." or "Check the news." Meanwhile the governor rails at the state saying they aren't giving out enough vaccinations! Today's briefing should be another dose of "it's not my fault..." Frustrated here.

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    1. Just saying what DATE a person is eligible to get a shot is not like being able to GET the shot somewhere.

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    2. I agree. I mentioned it here so I can keep track and then rail at my governor, whose handling of the Ohio pandemic has gone from very good to very bad. Horrid. Stupid. Cowardly. What will he do w/o someone to copy and placate?

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    3. The Ohio Covid site has been updated with a Covid-19 Vaccination Program tab. I was able to find a CDC pre-screening form via subsequent links. Nothing yet about distribution sites. And I agree, he started so well... then became just another yes-man.

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  4. I like khaki. That should make a fine towel.

    The vaccine roll out has its wheels falling off. What a shame. May you be able to obtain the vaccine sooner rather than later!

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  5. I like khaki and do wear it. I can't imagine a 75 year old amaryllis bulb. I'm pretty sure I'll outlive the dog and cat, not so sure about the turtle.

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    1. I just thought about khakis. Tan pants. I lived in them at shows.

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  6. Khaki goes with everything. I am too young to even think about the vaccination yet, but I would LOVE others to get it. The more the merrier! I'm going to try to outlive my cat as well.

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  7. I picked out some bathroom towels this morning and there were very few colorful colors available - mostly grays, khakis, white. So your khaki towels might be very "in" right now!
    Hope you get your vaccine soon - I have no idea when Illinois will get to me but I am retired so... used to waiting around...

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  8. My doctor called me and said the vaccine should be available for me within a month. He will call when I can come in to get it. And the amaryllis looks wonderful.

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  9. The different ways the states are handling the vaccine roll-out is just ridiculous. I wonder if that has anything to do with the total lack of leadership at the top?
    That was a rhetorical question, by the way.
    If that bulb lives 75 years it will outlive all of us.

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  10. I called our doctor and was referred to the Health Dept. Here they do have an online application that gets you on a waiting list. It includes questions about age, health, etc. I got both of us on the list but I have no idea if that will actually do much good, however it is all I can do at this point. I am appalled that our country is not organized enough to get these vaccines out in a timely manner. All this time leading up to finally getting a vaccine and they never set up a good way of getting it out and in the public's arms. If they need more personnel why can't they use help from the military? I thought this was a national emergency. (I know we now sadly have another national emergency but could we share the military between the two?) It is crazy to finally have what we need to hopefully end the pandemic and drop the ball.

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  11. Beautiful blooms... and such a tall stalk after seeing the shorter blooms. Wonderful! I called Robert's dr's office yesterday and they said to call Kern County Health Dept. That call brought a recording of a recommendation to go to their web site. In short--no vaccine, no way to register, nada. The good news is my family members are all well and back to work! Blessed be. Stay safe!!

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  12. My Amaryllis is about at the same stage as yours - beautiful. I never try to keep them - lazy I know.

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  13. In Oz the roll-out begins in late Feb. It was to be March, but there was a popular demand for it to be brought forward. The authorities wanted to wait till everything was in place as its such a widespread country. In view of your experience, that seems like a wise move. Here in Western Australia we can afford to wait. We've had no community transmission for 9 months and presently have only c.18 cases of returned travellers in hotel quarantine. We have been tremendously lucky.
    I love the idea of khaki, but I have enough with 4 towels. What about selling "cushion lengths" of the material?

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  14. Our province gets less than a thousand doses of vaccine a week. It will be summer before we are vaccinated here. Hope you are vaccinated this month Joanne.

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  15. Regarding the vaccine roll out: The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. In my town, 5 towns have come together and put up a tent to provide vaccine to first responders. They state, this will prepare them to move on to community members. My local grocery store pharmacist tells me she will be offering the vaccine but she has not been told anything further. The pandemic continues to surge in Massachusetts and it is felt we have not seen the Christmas surge. God help us all...

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  16. he wacky health systems never seem to know what's going on .

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  17. Hmmmm. Maybe what's needed is a federal organization of the vaccination process?
    Oh wait - Orangeman is still "in charge".

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  18. I just hope I live to get my shot. Yes, mam, staying home, shopping on the internet. I'm going to be very broke if this continues.

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  19. Hari OM
    My Umbrella plant here at the Hutch was one I purchased 40 years ago... and mum kept it going till my return from Oz. It is positively thriving and I am certain will out live me! YAM xx

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  20. I asked at Walgreen's about the vaccine, because Carol is 81. I was told that no Walgreen's locations in Florida will have the vaccine. A stadium in Jacksonville is participating, by appointment only. Appointments must be made online. Carol doesn't go online. So I looked at the schedule. No appointments were available last week or this week. The link for the schedule changes each week. Then Carol heard on the news that two senior centers are participating on a first-come, first-served basis, but a form must be obtained online, printed out, and filled out. My printer made grinding noises and refused to come to life. So we went to Office Depot to have it printed. Now Carol has the form, a map to the senior centers, and the day she's allowed to go based on the month of her birth. The Dept. of Health, obviously, is making this as difficult as possible. How many people in their 80s and 90s can go online to get a form and print it?
    Many people who use computers no longer have printers because we can do so much with our phones. It's all an exercise in frustration. I worry now that Carol will have to stand in line for hours to get her shot.

    Love,
    Janie

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  21. We don't seem to be doin a very good job with rolling out the vaccine. For sure we will have enough in due course, but I don't if we will manage to get it into arms as quickly as we should. It's early day, though.

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  22. The way things are going it will be a VERY long time before people my age are offered the vaccine.

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  23. I saw more than enough khaki when my first husband was in the Army, although our khaki seems to be more an olive drab (green) than your browner shade.
    I like the periwinkle colour.

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  24. Oh Joanne, I am always looking for good titles for books - and I "see" it:
    "How to Outlive my Amaryllis" sounds really promising - may I take it?!? :-)

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    1. Yes. You should google "how long do amaryllis live?" There is an entire collection of people with amaryllis stories. I saw one that her parents planted the bulb in the forties.

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  25. I think that everyone had a surge of optimism when the vaccines rolled out, but getting people vaccinated seems to be a whole other matter entirely.

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  26. I got a very similar response from my PC doctors office. Very frustrating and enough to make me start looking again for someone else. I have some heirloom amaryllis bulbs I got from my mother, long years ago. However, since they are prolific and make baby bulbs regularly I don't know how old the ones I brought with me are - going with middle age.

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  27. The "plan" in AZ is to do first come first serve 7x24 for the elderly. Wonder how that is going to work out.

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  28. They've rolled it out here but only in Labrador so far. We have no cases. Praise be.

    I agree on khaki I like it on stuff but not in decor or clothing.

    XO
    WWW

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  29. Happened to have doctor's appt today so talked with her about the vaccine--especially since I've a history of anaphylactic reactions. She said the county health department is handling the vaccine right now. The HD calls her office each week to indicate a specific number of her patients for her to call based on their age (e.g. by age 90>80>etc, medical issues). Her office has the list ready. When my time comes, her office will call me first to make sure I want it and, if so, then an email will immediately follow the call. The email will link me to HD to schedule the appointment (evidently injection is given while you're sitting in your car and then you must wait 15 minutes while observed by a paramedic). She renewed my prescription Epipen which I will take with me. The one thing she did say was that I should not get the Pfizer vaccine because of my anaphylactic history. Luckily, at the moment, our state seems to be getting the Moderna vaccine. Likely to get called in next month or two. Happy with my doctor and the guidance.

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  30. It's going to take a while to be vaccinated but, given the horrible weather so far this month, I'm not in a hurry to go out anyway.
    Once Spring starts though, it'll be hard to keep people inside for a second year so the sooner we're all protected the better.

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  31. I like the khaki! Actually blue and tan(Khaki) combinations are my favorites... in yarn, clothes, etc. As for the vaccine, we're in no hurry, but hope to get it later when it is distributed to doctors or pharmacies. Since we continue to stay home, etc., it shouldn't be a problem to wait a bit.

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  32. They are telling us here in Scotland Don't call us, we will call you..
    Pirate should have his by the end of the month. Our friends next county down had theirs today,but they are two years older than him.

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  33. In my house, it would be easy for me to outlive my amaryllis.

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  34. Let's pray that by March almost everyone has the vaccine. Then we can get back to some normality, if I haven't gone completely insane by then.

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  35. Good luck with the vaccine, Joanne. I hope there is less confusion when Jan. 25 rolls around. Take care and good luck with your latest round of weaving.

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