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,
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Comments (16)
bazza
Fabulous shot of the beach, love the umbrellas too, looks like it would be a lovely spot to stop on a sunny day!
Faemike55
looks like a great place to stop no matter the weather... I assume the floats in the water indicate the safe zone for swimmers?
giulband
Absolutely fantastic and with a bit of poetry !
Juliette.Gribnau
lovely scene
starship64 Online Now!
What an interesting place. Great capture.
ontar1
Nice beach, would be better with a sunny day vice an overcast and rainy looking day, outstanding capture!
nefertiabet
Beautiful beach, but where is the blue sky? ;-)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
junge1
This kind of weather is unusual for this part of the country. I spent two summers in Danang and most rain come in the form of thunderstorms. This looks more like it does during the winter months in this part of Vietnam!
sandra46
WONDERFUL WORK
flavia49
very beautiful
farmerC
Fantastic...
auntietk
I love the tones of the sky and the overcast. Must be my PNW bias coming out! LOL! With so few people on the beach, your photograph has a nice feeling to it that I like a lot. A terrific shot!
virginiese
An ideal place for vacations ;-)
debbielove
I'm sure its much more busy in the sun, looks a nice place mate. Rob
danapommet
A beautiful place for lunch on a sunny afternoon!