The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground~

A little message from Alley

Happy Holidays and may 2012 be the best of them all~

"Birthdays are natures way of telling us to eat more cake".

"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence."~ Henry David Thoreau

"There's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and the truth."~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

"One generation plants the Trees; another gets the shade. Keep a green Tree in your heart, and perhaps a singing bird will come."~ Chinese proverb

There is a never-ending cold breeze and the last leaf has fallen off all the trees. December is here.

"The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned."~ Maya Angelou

Have been traveling so much the last couple of months... Can't wait to get home and finish working work on the new stripes, dabbing into watercolors again :-) "Where thou art, that is home."

~ Emily Dickinson

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving Feast!!

"Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment."~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."~ Buddha

"You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so... get on your way!"~ Dr. Seuss

Hawaii, I Love you.

"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way."~ Henry David Thoreau

"Love doesn't just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new~ Ursulak Le Guin

"Time to relax is when you don't have time for it."~ Sydney J. Harris

S & S in Hawaii

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bowie's in space ;-.)

"I speak for the trees."

Top 5 getaways

1. Labyrinth
2. Narnia
3. Wonderland
4. Oz
5. Whoville

Walking Island

I design around the waistline... After being told by multiple women (postmenopausal), that the waistline vanishes once you are no longer able to bare children... I have noticed this to be true. Even women in the best shape tend to loose her curvature and become a bit more level.

The hills and canyons that make up each woman creates a unique piece of land, an alluring island, a place of enchantment. It's important to let people see your gradient hills, because one day your arched and contoured sphere might become a shapeless plateau.  Love your island, it's the home for your soul-

~BC

Trees are chic antiques

The wise old tree knows a thing or two:

-- Stand tall and proud

-- Sink your roots into the earth

-- Be content with your natural beauty

-- Go out on a limb

-- Drink plenty of water

-- Remember your roots

-- Enjoy the view of life

Stripes of different types

Picnic Feast

At Sticks and Stripes, we are lively in nature- A tree is planted with each purchase... Help us keep the leaves on the trees- so that they can continue to help us breathe in peace.  Picnics without trees... where would we cross our feet to eat? Without the shaded trees there would be no feast, we would surely blaze up in the heat-

Narnia Shoot

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