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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..
Comments (42)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend.
flaviok
Uma imagem paridisiaca meu amigo, excelete captura, aplausos (5)
jared99
Beautiful place, and image.
dbrv6
Excellent capture and landscape. Looks like a land used to cold.
flora-crassella
a wonderful place! GREAT photo!
unstart
Beautifully framed with the trees and rocks!!
MagikUnicorn
Nicely scan Beautiful place
lyron
Wonderful place!!!
tennesseecowgirl
Looks like a painting ... how pretty!
Sea_Dog
Beautiful scene. Well done.
Meisiekind
breathtakingly beautiful Sig!
flavia49
marvelous landscape!! great work!
emmecielle
Wonderful place, Sig! Excellent shot! :)
drifterlee
This is gorgeous!
sandra46
superlative image!
jocko500
wonderful looking
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
annie5
Looks the calm atmosphere..wonderful place! :)
Faemike55
Wonderful capture, Sig! Beautiful area
npauling
A lovely winter capture.
bazza
Lovely capture of this beautiful lake it looks like a lovely place to visit!!
bmac62
Excellent shot Sig...I am going to driving west from Kansas in late May...maybe I should add this to my itinerary:)
MrsLubner
Love the stark beauty! Strong and commanding view.
watapki66
Wonderful shot!
nicki_mcmanus
Great capture and composition!
wild_child
Beautiful shot!
renecyberdoc
this looks amazing ,we break our ass in bryce and vue to set a landscape like this and you can see it for real.fine shot and favorite.
farmerC
Exellent.
Cosme..D..Churruca
great pic of a majestic landscape!
auntietk
Shortly after the passes open, there can be avalanche danger, so be careful! Gosh ... that's been almost a year, my friend. Your image today reminded me of our trip, and some great memories!