As Boxing Day comes to an end, celebrated in my mind if not in the country where I now live, I look back on the beginning and end of yesterday.

A table laid out for breakfast. In each plate is a Christmas cracker. At the far end of the table is the food, so people can help themselves buffet style. Sun light shines the length of the table

A late winter evening. A lawn and been in the foreground. Tree covered hills in the distance. Low clouds, with a break in the cloud where the sky meets the hill, the setting sun shining through

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