Welcome to SmokeTree Manor in Cathedral Cove. While you visit us, learn about the United States, other countries, even pop culture and gay pride through the flags we fly.
If you are looking for Hanky Code information, it is on specific flag pages.
Recent Flags flown at the manor
Grrrr – The Bear Flag-Yes, I know, I said in the last post that we were working on all of the state flags of the United States in order of admission to the Union, and well, this isn't a state…
The First State – Delaware-With Delaware we begin our journey through the states and territories of the United States. I briefly considered taking this journey in an alphabetical manner, but it occured to me that I go to pains to…
The Stars and Stripes Forever-In 1818 Congress passed a plan which would come to be known as the Flag Act of 1818. This act established many of the characteristics of the flag we know today. The flag of the day…
The First Order and the Galactic Empire-Today our flags continue the journey into the realm of popular culture. The top flag is the flag of the First Order, the totalitarian regime from the later Star Wars story lines. The bottom flag is…
To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before-I don't necessarily consider myself to be a "Trekkie" but I have watched all of the movies and the broadcast series. I remain most intensely fond of Star Trek: Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. I…
Love Trumps Hate-Perhaps it is silly of me, but I have been reading a compilation of the earliest editions of the Wonder Woman comics from the early 1940s. Unlike the other super-heroes of the time, Wonder Woman's primary…
Handkerchief Code
Hanky code colors also factor into the flags that are flown at Smoke Tree Manor. Whether the Leather Pride Flag or the Gay Pride Flag
Popular Flags
Often times we are asked if we fly the United States Flag, or even the Pride Flags… and of course we do!
Grrrr – The Bear Flag-Yes, I know, I said in the last post that we were working on all of the state flags of the United States in order of admission to the Union, and well, this isn't a state…
Leather Pride & Master/slave flag-We chose to fly the Master/slave Flag in the subordinate position to the Leather Pride flag, an arrangement that is consistent with the Master/slave community frequently being seen as a smaller community within the larger Leather…
Leather Pride Flag-The Leather Pride Flag, or what I prefer to call The Trust Flag, was originally presented to the gay leather community in May of 1989 at the International Mister Leather event in Chicago. The flag found…
Flags of My Birthrights – Pride Flag-Last week I discussed the California flag, the first of my birthright flags and today I will talk about the second birthright flag, and arguable the more important one in my life: the gay pride, or…
