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The next time you are exploring a new trail, scouting a fishing spot, or simply driving through the rolling hills of the countryside, keep your eyes peeled for that flash of violet on a fence post or a tall pine. When you see it, do not view it as a mere quirk of the neighbor’s taste in décor. View it as a digital-age signal in an analog world. It is a line in the sand, a boundary drawn in grape-colored ink. Respect the space it marks, acknowledge the privacy it demands, and appreciate the simple brilliance of a system where a single streak of paint can say everything that needs to be said. In the language of the modern frontier, purple doesn’t just mean “beautiful”—it means “stop.”