Welcome to Omaha/Bellevue: South Omaha Trail

 I discovered a trail where it crosses Vinton.  I walked it a bit in both directions.  I only walked a little, but it connects the Field Club area to the Keystone Trail.  It goes under the I-80 and then turns west to the Keystone Trail.  

South Omaha Trail Siloh Mural

 I found a series of murals off of Vinton road where it crosses the South Omaha Trail.  The murals are good but there has been some tagging done over the top of them.  

Family Doings: Symphony Concert and Ward Party

 On Feb 21 Charity and I went to the Omaha Symphony Orchestra concert Stravinsky's Firebird.  I enjoyed it.  The piece I found boring only lasted a couple minutes so that is good.  This last weekend Charity and I went to the ward party.  It was a soup potluck and Sheri made clam chowder.  It was god and I mostly at that.  I also had some chicken noodle.  Charity and family surprised us and came over.  I followed Riley around some of it.  She is fun.  There was presentation on temples.  Then Sunday I went to the stake priesthood meeting and then to Miranda's for ice cream.  

Welcome to Omaha/Bellevue: Hanscom Park, Omaha's Oldest Park

 Hanscom Park was at one time on the southern border of Omaha.  Omaha has since annexed South Omaha.  Hanscome park is the oldest still existing park in Omaha.  It has many amenities.  There is indoor tennis in the southwest corner, a swimming pool more for little kids, a fishing pond with geese and ducks.  There is a lodge for larger gathers, covered picnic areas and playground.  Outdoor tennis.  There is a new gazebo (the old one was burned by vandals) and a nice dog park.  This park has its own green rooms where they start flowers for planting in the spring.  There is a mural by the greenhouses.  

swimming pool

indoor tennis

pond

outdoor tennis

basketball

greenhouses

dog park

gazebo

Polish Community Mural Nostrovia on So 29th Street, South Omaha Mural Project

 The Polish mural can be found just south of Creighton/Martha Avenue close to the freeway.  Ir is on the side of Dinker's Bar and Grill.  This is considered Sheelytown named for two brothers who had a meat packing company on the edge of the community at 24th and Martha.  It is south of Hanscom Park.  The mural presents a Polish wedding which is a four-day community event.  The mural s unique as it adds three-dimensional touches.  In the mural we see holy water sprayed from water pistols, bride and groom, ball playing, vegetables from gardens and food in the ceremony, pigs and chickens, apple trees and accordion playing.  The best man breaks a chair as a means of determining how many children the couple will have.  Nastrovia is like saying "cheers."