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
Flags of My Birthrights – California-Today's flags are very special to me because they represent what I consider to be two of my birthrights. A birthright is "a particular right of possession or privilege one has from birth." So, you ask,…
The Flag Pole-One of the things that I love the most about the newly built Smoke Tree Manor is the flag pole. The flag pole sits at the north end of the pool and is about 6.5 meters,…
Why We Named the House Smoke Tree Manor-One of the first plants we noticed when we were looking to buy in Coachella Valley, especially in the Cathedral City Cove area, and most prolifically in the dry washes, was the Smoke Tree. The name…
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…
