A Duke of Url Presentation of World Gardens, Colors and Duke Classy Site Winners.

Presenting the wonderful world of color.
Everything you wanted to know about colour and then some.

Let's spring into house cleaning and get it over with, then we'll have some fun… follow me ! … ummm… am I all alone here??? Com'on.. follow me.

Okay, now that we have cleaned house… let's go out into the Garden. Last month you were introduced to Microsoft's garden page.. here ..and now we can concentrate on the colorful world of flowers.

	Orchids, a mysterious, gorgeous and rewarding flower. Mysterious-- purchased one for first date (a blind date). Gorgeous and rewarding-- same reason. This site resembles an orchid. Very classy by any standards.
	The Virtual Garden… features a search engine for any plant name, a garden guru, armchair gardening, weekend projects-- it's fresh picked and class for sure.
	Joe and Mindy's Web Garden. This is a must visit for all gardeners… a wow class site… Everything is here, beautifully rendered with graphics and color. Wow!
	Gothic Gardening… Yikes! Strangely beautiful, this site features; gardens for witches, bats, night gardens, etc. Be sure and visit the "Garden of Deadly Delight".
	An English Country Garden… by Mandy Alford. A trip to a cottage in England to meet Mandy is highly recommended, especially if you are serious about gardening. This site is developed with ardor and you can feel it.
	Interested in a herbal garden? Then learn all you need to know from the home site of The Herb Society. Sometimes plants stink on purpose and cats don't like it.
	Finally… we go abroad (sorry, go aperson) once again and visit merry old England. I recommend bookmarking this page for year round use. The Internet Garden has got it all. It's gardening with greenfingers.

Red Skelton's gallery of Clowns. Colorful enjoyment with this classy portrayal of portraits.	Purple Martins eat 2,000 mosquitoes a day-This site tells you how to bring 'em on home.
The Blue Nose, a story of a Canadian sailing ship that started something classy and shines like a dime.	Without gold, currency doesn't mean much… Here the Confederate currency is displayed and booked for your education.
There is no black or white at this site, only gray areas. Interesting and entertaining, this site covers a lot of gray subjects.	Greenwich Time. The millennium, year 2,000 coming up fast… and Greenwich is getting ready. This classy site is timely.
The White House rents the Lincoln Bedroom. Bobsfridge puts the price list on the net. Cute, if they are still talking about it in April.	The Black Sheep… An Australian small community radio show goes to the net. Be sure to visit their skits page. Funny stuff according to their mom.

I hate it when they call me Junior

Now just a minute… are you sure you visited my site??? A little birdy told me you went right by it.. and Gertrude never lies.

A little culture never hurt anyone, so get back there and at least look at my paintings.

… or so help me, I'll make a pledge that will make you weep. Hee Hee.

The Blue Angels, U.S. Navy's famous flying jocks. This site is well informed and includes their show schedule around the globe.	The Golden and the Great. A fascinating look at countries around the world during their golden periods in time. Class, real class.
Bonnie Rice shows you neat tricks to get the house sparkling white.. also, check her Get-O-Life page. You didn't think I would forget to put one in did you.	The Red Cross, helping over 30 million people a year. Visit their Virtual Museum, changes all the time so bookmark it.
Green with envy, and most people were when this love story of the century took place. Beautifully written--relive the green feeling.	Get the gray out of that boat. It's time to clean your boat for the season ahead. This site's pro demonstrates the easy way.
Thalia's Color Guide- A super color composing engine for your WWW documents. Simple to use and a wealth of information.	Not the color of flesh, but this site makes up for it. Visit the Blue Cross & Blue Shield map of the human body. A great site that you'll want to keep handy.

CHARITY

There is so much good in the worst of us,

And so much bad in the best of us,

That it all behooves any of us

To find fault with the rest of us.

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Golfing… Here is a new twist. A site where you enter a fantasy golf team each week in a pool. Participate all season while following the pro golfers on tour. Com'on, get into the swing of things.	Count down!!! This interesting classy site is all about China's take over of Hong Kong. Each day there are up to the minute reports, human interest stories and real history. Be there in real time.
Blue for Japan? Of course… if you think about water. Visit Yashiroyu's Bath House in Japan. Everything you wanted to know about the healthy aspects of a good hot bath. Neat Pictures and interesting facts, including a price list.	Want to see something familiar? Visit this Russian city's server site. A short list of classy local comrade homepages await… the similarity is enlightening… be sure and visit Anna. Tell'em the Duke sent you.
Her Majesties Official Home Page. Tour the majestic castles, palaces and mansions of the British Monarchy. Just don't touch the Crown Jewels.	Actually this dark red colour is brown… Pet lovers grab your shovels and visit this classy informative site called AnimalNet. This site is worth Bookmarking.
This box had to be toned down because the site is dazzling enough. Visit the classy, colourful Liberace Museum in Las Vegas. Mr. Showmanship's music follows you through-out the tour… superb.	The Japanese Kimono is well represented at this site. In fact you can have an authentic colourful kimono made especially for you. Shipping may be a little expensive from Japan, but they have it covered.

I apologize to all of you folk who use older browsers that do not support table background color- you are missing the best.

Each site picked is notified of their link and presented with "The Duke of Url Classy Site Pick Award" shown below.

The Duke is always on the look-out for classy sites. If you discover a dandy, please let me know. If it fits, it's picked.