The Winter Wonderland light display on the river was a success, the Natchez Democrat reports.

We drove through with Lucy on New Year's evening. It was pretty and festive, and would have been great fun with a carload of children.

That trip was the last straw for Lucy. When we came home, she went into one of her "arrested" states. She didn't twitch a feather or bat an eyelid for about 5 minutes.