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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
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Comments (51)
beachzz
What amazing work--in the night it would be every bit as scary as the real jungle!!
blinkings
Thats cool.
efron_241
like dino's on the move very nice garden...
junge1
@beachzz. I guess your are right about this being scary at night. I never thought about it Marilyn!
kgb224
I love the tree like animals my friend.Excellent capture once again.
erlandpil
Very good picture erland
ralph49
Hey, cool capture. Wonderful imagination of the gardener
kenwas
Excellent fun to see in the daylight, agree about the night being somewhat problematic!
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend
tallpindo
Like the topiary at Epcot. The roo is a new one.
rockstrider
Great capture of this wonderful display my friend!
flora-crassella
sehr schönes Foto von den "Baumskulpturen" !!!
DAVER2112
Really cool shot! :)
JeffG7BRJ
I would love to have a walk around at this place Sig, the trees beyond here look quite interesting as well, I like all topiary, I just haven't got what it takes to create it. One of the garden centres near to where I live sells the wire frames so that you can train your own privets to grow through them. Then you just have to trim them back, when the frame gets overgrown. The easy way. Excellent capture. Bravo!!!!!
smillinfaces
oh that`s beautiful great captured :)
timtripp
excellent
MrsRatbag
Wow, wonderful garden and capture!
Sylvia
Ahh!! So ~Beautiful~ Thanks for sharing... FABULOUS!!!
Flint_Hawk
What an amazing garden!
durleybeachbum
Fab shot, Sig! I love that sort of thing if i don't have to maintain it!
MagikUnicorn
Beautiful park and capture !
virginiese Online Now!
great idea :-)
G_Mansco
Lovely and interesting capture ;O)
pixelmeister
Darn cool!
Miska7
Very interesting park. Great shot!
GBCalls
Excellent find and capture. Well done
jocko500
super looking these are. I love to look at stuff like this
auntietk
What a wonderful place! :)
Minda
love this tree animal sig amazing garden i really like it..great shot
ledwolorz
Beautiful garden and fantastic photo.