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 (26)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Richardphotos
I worked on some two story houses with tiles like these and it is no fun. the squirrels,birds, and other varmints loves them
Faemike55
Very good capture. While not afraid of heights per se, I tread very cautiously near tiled roofs, un less they have a very shallow slope.
rachris480907
Nice shot, Sig! I wonder if there is an avian equivalent of the Biblical lesson of one man building his house on a rock and another building his on the sand. One bird built its nest in the solid, clay tiles, while another bird build its nest on a lightning-prone, wind-whipped, fire-stoking tree limb. :)
auntietk
It looks very cozy! (Obviously there's no HOA there. LOL!)
mikada
Another beautiful photograph. Simple things are the best.
MagikUnicorn
COOL SHOT
bebert
a nice site, protected !! nice capture.
jayfar
Nice for them to have a roof over their heads!!
Juliette.Gribnau
cool hidingplaces; nicely captured
whaleman
I'd say it looks like pigeon heaven!
Cyve
Another beautiful capture... very very well done!!!
dakotabluemoon
Yep the birds would love this part of the house nice shot.
bobrgallegos
And they will build their nest anywhere! Great capture!
UteBigSmile
Ein toller Schnappschuss, ich denke mal, dass da auch die Hornissen gerne nisten würden!
ontar1
Cool, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!
farmerC
Shining shot.
adrie
Wonderful and interesting shot Sig.
Jay-el-Jay
Someone should put a For Rent sign up there.It is sure to be a popular place this time of year.
emmecielle
Interesting capture! :)
sandra46
INTERESTING
flavia49
beautiful capture
tigertim
Interesting photo.. those tiles are definitley invitational!!
starship64
I hope the birds will be very happy there. Great capture.
LBJ2
Nice shot, Sig. Well i guess the small animals need to breed too :) Maybe an annoyance for humans and buildings :)
danapommet
A great photo Sig and they sure did collect enough nesting material up in there!