we investigate riemannian (non-kahler) ricci flow solutions that develop finite-time singularities with the property that parabolic rescalings at the singularities converge to singularity models that are shrinking kahler--ricci solitons, specifically, the conjecturally stable ``blowdown soliton'' discovereed by feldman, ilmanen and knopf. this is a joint work with isenberg and knopf.