Nothing Happened

Ok maybe I would like to say it was different, but I would be lying.  Today nothing happened.  Oh we breathed and walked around but that really is not what I am talking about.
I was hoping the rain would set in and give me a good excuse not to do anything.  A shower did happen.  I was hoping the rain was setting in.  And if a five minute shower is the rain setting in then it set in big time.  Briefly.
It really is a bit like the plaque that says something like “On this spot in 1736 nothing happened.”  Except I cannot really say that because maybe something did happen on this spot in 1736.  There may have been a big tribal council.  Peace may have been decided upon.  Then again, a declaration of war may have happened.
They would have picked a nice spot to deliberate.  They may have stayed at Reflections on the top floor.  Used this room.  That’s right Reflections was not here then.  But maybe it was and that is just an assumption.  One thing though the place has kept remarkably well if it was.
Probably it is more likely that a few people tried their hand at fishing.  Using what they used to fish with back then.  I think I can say with a fair amount of confidence the fishing would have been better back then.
Someone pointed out to me the other day it is amazing there are any fish left here.  I agree with that one.  This place has been habituated for years and every time I come up there are people (including myself) fishing.  I reckon the fish have a couple of things against them.  The sheer number of people and boats having “fish finders.”  Gone is the need to cast in hope.  Screens tell us where the fish are and they are taken and put on the plate.
Still I sally forth in hope that there will be a big one waiting for the arrival of my baited hook.  I must confess I photograph the fish these days and throw them back.  Unless the hook is virtually impossible to extricate, and the fish is going to die anyway.  Then I clean, cook and eat it.  Does not happen often though.  I need to be catching fish for that to happen.
I don’t mind that today nothing happened.  We got a note saying the area was to be cleaned  so we retired to the spa area.  I read and listened to music and Merril read and had a spa.  When we returned the area was done.
As far as we are concerned, I can confidently say “on this spot on Oct. 20 2022 nothing happened.”  Just the way we wanted it really.