The Leimbach is a small river flowing through Wiesloch in the southwest of Germany. It takes an almost regal turn about 10km closer to the Rhine in Schwetzingen where it circles the baroque Schwetzingen Palace but in Wiesloch it is just a humble stream passing … Continue reading The Humble Leimbach
The village of Schriesheim, less than 10 kms to the south of us, has a stream running through the village called Kanzelbach. This is not unusual since Schriesheim is built on the slopes of the Odenwald like many other towns and villages along the Bergstraße. Streams descend from the hills, cross the plain and join the River Rhein.
But in Schriesheim they did something special to their little waterway as you can see.
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The Mühlbach flows from the hills to the plain, quite close to our house.
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How can you not think of Hemingway?
Earth my body. Air my breath. Fire my will. Water my blood.
Small droplets
collecting in puddles and bowls
flowing into streams
and rivers
into larger rivers
and finally finding their way into the sea
reaching from shore to shore.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water
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