Comments on: Smudge of Ashen Fluff http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: unique distance from isolation http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-7119 unique distance from isolation Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:00:59 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-7119 I meant to be backing you up; if it's comparable to Amsterdam in any way, it must be pretty good. On the other hand, in your most recent post you seem to be ready to leave. If so, this coast is okay. The snow was nice... If not the PRC, maybe someplace a similar distance from isolation? I meant to be backing you up; if it’s comparable to Amsterdam in any way, it must be pretty good.

On the other hand, in your most recent post you seem to be ready to leave. If so, this coast is okay. The snow was nice… If not the PRC, maybe someplace a similar distance from isolation?

]]> By: dc http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-7090 dc Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:30:03 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-7090 What about it? Oaksterdam is fairly safe and livable, and even pretty, depending what building you happen to be looking at. What about it? Oaksterdam is fairly safe and livable, and even pretty, depending what building you happen to be looking at.

]]> By: unique distance from isolation http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-7086 unique distance from isolation Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:26:45 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-7086 Oaksterdam? Oaksterdam?

]]> By: dc http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-7027 dc Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:34:45 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-7027 I worry that I'm too negative about Oakland in some of those posts. Plenty of people <em>are</em> attempting to do something about it, with greater or lesser success. All of the blighted areas that I have written about or photographed also have some concerned, dedicated residents who are fighting the good fight and doing what they can to make their neighborhoods more livable. (And they <em>are</em> livable, even if they're not really safe or pretty...) I worry that I’m too negative about Oakland in some of those posts. Plenty of people are attempting to do something about it, with greater or lesser success. All of the blighted areas that I have written about or photographed also have some concerned, dedicated residents who are fighting the good fight and doing what they can to make their neighborhoods more livable. (And they are livable, even if they’re not really safe or pretty…)

]]> By: ruth gutmann http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-7017 ruth gutmann Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:41:10 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-7017 As as fleeting experience of almost unreal beauty your Western Scrub Jay consoles ones eyes after having taking in your pictures and description of Oakland as usual. But not for long. How can the natives of Oakland stand living in that imitation of hell without at least attempting to do something about it? As as fleeting experience of almost unreal beauty your Western Scrub Jay consoles ones eyes after having taking in your pictures and description of Oakland as usual. But not for long. How can the natives of Oakland stand living in that imitation of hell without at least attempting to do something about it?

]]> By: wordnerd http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-7012 wordnerd Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:57:41 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-7012 Bigger than it looks in your picture, which made me think it was sparrow-sized. Bigger than it looks in your picture, which made me think it was sparrow-sized.

]]> By: dc http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-7011 dc Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:01:23 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-7011 <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Scrub-jay/id" rel="nofollow">Western Scrub Jay.</a> (The description there notes that it is a "deep azure blue," so we've gone full circle.) Western Scrub Jay. (The description there notes that it is a “deep azure blue,” so we’ve gone full circle.)

]]> By: wordnerd http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-7009 wordnerd Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:48:17 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-7009 What is it? Mountain bluebird? Black-throated blue warbler? Indigo bunting? Help, Sibley! What is it? Mountain bluebird? Black-throated blue warbler? Indigo bunting? Help, Sibley!

]]> By: v. darkbloom http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/2009/12/14/smudge-of-ashen-fluff/#comment-6988 v. darkbloom Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:53:14 +0000 http://www.fragmentaryevidence.com/?p=1655#comment-6988 Cool bird! Much cooler looking, to my untrained eye, than a waxwing, if not quite so elegant. Cool bird! Much cooler looking, to my untrained eye, than a waxwing, if not quite so elegant.

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