Lest the sturdy but ill-fitting door should convince anyone otherwise the owner has fixed a notice to it saying "Private". And, as if to seal the matter, has planted hollyhocks in front of the door. Now hollyhocks are not pyracantha: there are no needle-like spines to deter an intruder. And yet, it must take a particularly heartless interloper to break through a screen of such imposing blooms.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100
