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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 (23)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
ontar1
Cool capture!
jayfar
A lovely calm and serene shot.
emmecielle
Splendid capture! :)
Juliette.Gribnau
beautiful scene; lovely mood, I like the color of the water
drifterlee
Very beautiful shot!!!!!!
farmerC
Shining work.
SunriseGirl
Ditto the other comments..thanks for sharing
bazza
Love the capture that water looks rather dirty though..
Faemike55
Very cool photo no direct drinking from the river
starship64
Great shot. I like the boat with the eyes!
junge1
All boats have 'eyes' on them. It was explained to us why. I forgot the exact purpose, but it has something to do with their religious beliefs.
junge1
The water definitely is polluted and undrinkable. A lot of the people live on their boats and make a living doing it. The toilet, or more appropriate, the outhouse, usually hangs over the tail of the boat and any effluent goes directly into the river.
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTY
whaleman
I find the boats very interesting, the water quality less so!
nefertiabet
Wow, fantastic capture and wonderful reflection in the river!!!
dakotabluemoon
You are so lucky to get to see all of this amazing captures u have gotten.
illkirch
Very nice shot
sharky_
Must be fun cruising around with that sail boat.... Nice shot. Aloha
angora
fantastic shot!! n veeery interesting...
flavia49
marvellous image
Richardphotos
I was thinking that the water is worse than the Trinity maybe. other parts of the world certainly has different values than Europe and North America
danapommet
I love this shot Sig because it is so colorful and so many layers of depth!