​ Golf♥Worth▶ http://flip.it/Ge0lWL ▶ via @ flipboard  |  VIDEO https://youtu.be/MzfzzKrUKYk ​ Golf♥Worth▶now looking at 1,449 followers What is Xeriscaping? ▶ WHAT is true is that this blogger is no expert on the subject of landscaping and I claim no experience as a journalist on the topic either. But the subject  XERISCAPING GOLF COURSES .  Still, the topic becomes a common interest development when you consider that our HOA resides in the midst of a major Southern California golf attraction known as Glen Ivy (formerly Trilogy), the actual moniker for our HOA community, Trilogy Glen Ivy . ▶ Those WHO  live in the community or play golf at Trilogy well know the challenges here to maintain the golf course lakes and buffer areas that have water features or native landscaping. One lake (#16) has been bone dry for years; others are noticeably depleted. Overall, the course is in acceptable shape, but these blighted areas are a concern. ...

As California’s drought stretches into a fourth year, the common finger-pointing has taken some ridiculous turns. But strident politics and incriminations offer no solutions to this Golden State mega-problem without a silver lining.  One of the most intriguing options takes into account the largest body of water in proximity, the massive Pacific Ocean. Despite the sea salt within, many believe that desalination on a major scale is a viable solution. Flip②▶ STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD  ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® 1000+ followers on  FLIPBOARD [ View the story "CA 'waterless world' ... except off left coast" on Storify ] "Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it." ~Ted Williams #dailyqotd #qotd http://t.co/fq1zI7UyVq — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) June 24, 2015

Common interest developments (CIDs and HOAs) are fast becoming the dominate housing type within the United States and growth of these self-government models is continuing to raise jurisdictional and legal issues for state lawmakers across the land. The 'social current see' that follows cites a Florida ruling that declared that HOA rules trump state law in a specific area. And now that California government is about to limit HOA restrictions on controlling homeowner choice about landscaping and lawn maintenance, other court rulings are surely coming to sort out future conflicts? Flip②▶ STORIFY ♥ FLIPBOARD ★ BLOGGER ▲ ALTACITIES ® [ View the story "HOA rules trump state law, always?" on Storify ] "Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't ... #dailyqotd #qotd http://t.co/fq1zI7CY3S — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) May 29, 2015

As a rule, the world is not in favor of fake. We all prefer what's natural and original. But until someone comes up with a plan to create artificial rain, fake grass for our lawns may become the partial answer for the long California drought. At least, that's what our California Legislature would have us believe. Flip②▶ STORIFY ♥ FLIPBOARD ★ BLOGGER ▲ [ View the story "Grass is greener (if it's fake)" on Storify ] "Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin whe... #dailyqotd #qotd http://t.co/fq1zI7UyVq — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) May 18, 2015

It has been raining off and on for a couple of days this week in Southern California. How rare is that? The prolonged drought in this region has created a down-poor of media buzz and 'social current see' on water conservation and public policy about water management, particularly within homeowner associations (HOAs and CIDs). But even where rain is plentiful in the United States, if not worldwide, the value of water is a common discussion, as noted in the clips and links that follow. Flip②▶ STORIFY ♥ FLIPBOARD ★ BLOGGER ▲ [ View the story "Should Americans pay more for H2O?" on Storify ] "What we see depends mainly on what we look for." ~Sir John Lubbock #dailyqotd #qotd http://t.co/fq1zI7UyVq — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) May 14, 2015 Examines the issue of why Americans don't recognize the true value of water http://t.co/AAvtqumDxJ — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) May 15, 2015