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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 (20)
Faemike55
Fabulous picture! This looks lush and beautiful
ontar1
Fantastic and beautiful view!
LivingPixels
A super shot my friend!!
junge1
The good thing about these forests, there are no snakes or animals that might bite you!
Buffalo1
So lovely! It reminds me a bit of the rain forests in the U.S. Pacific Northwest but with more moss.
junge1
land and there are many tall tree ferns and others that look like palms!
Paulienchen Online Now!
ein fantastisches Foto
Palaemon
Very beautiful shot (and forest).
giulband
Fascinating capture of the jungle's atmosphere
starship64 Online Now!
Great shot.
Juliette.Gribnau
beautiful mood and lighting
kgb224
Wonderful captures my friend. God bless.
durleybeachbum
So exciting to see this, and how very different from your home!
farmerC
Shining.
auntietk
So interesting to see this, after we've talked about it at some length. Everything looks vaguely familiar, but it's just the similarity of greens and mosses. When I look at each plant and tree a bit longer, none of them look like what I've seen before. Even the ferns have a different pattern from what I'm used to!
junge1
@auntietk! The same for me Tara. There are about 80 different types of ferns, some are pretty tall. And I haven't seen any huge leaves like I have seen at Hoh and at the western base of Mt. Rainier.
virginiese
stunning vegetation ! Great capture of this rain forest. Nice to ear that they made a Park to protect the environment !
ia-du-lin
Beautiful photo. Great atmo.
junge1
It was wet and it was cold!
sossy
very impressive view into the forest and it reminds me of one special forest in the west of scotlands highlands which look and trees with moss and lichens were/was the same 😃