She also has a “gnome village” in her garden, those tacky garden gnomes you see in lawn and garden stores that you can paint ...

But on the way back, I peered around the back side of the tree. There was the gnome, and his bro, the leprechaun, tucked into the 2-foot high tree cavity as if they were lounging around the pool ...

They might appreciate the communal gardens, community pool, and limits on the number of front yard lawn gnomes, but worry about the dark side of HOA governance – the proliferation of rules ...