And so, we arrive at Day 36 of the 100-Day project.

There was *no* day 35 because we had those unexpected house guests with us, and I essentially ended up with a day where I had no time that was my own.

![AS22-011c.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/alchemystones/23wCFsdTHxPPFTnwhUSNT58CQRFZg2zjL3e3sbG27A3BaqLC8sDfkanrqtqsbofmwdxse.JPG)
*A subtle "winter" stone from earlier this year*

And it once again underscores the fact that my being able to do challenges like this successfully is almost entirely contingent upon having no days that present me with anything *unexpected* whatsoever because my available time on any given day is so razor thin.

But, I am departing from my usual practice of just *abandoning* something when it starts to fail, and instead I am determined to finish this experiment with whatever gaps will turn up. So far, the result has been two gaps; two missed days.

So now I am grabbing about 30 minutes for creativity while the chicken finishes baking in the oven and I have just a moment of slack time here!

![20240326_235657.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/alchemystones/23ynctdCLepVdwctcnARnBRAQR7JKeJ8LE5axmcaNBsm1udYWgqJAVR7ARczgvAH9UpAP.jpg)
*Today's stone for the "retreat project." Sorry it's a bit fuzzy; I tend to do these late at night and the lighting is poor.*

## *Day 36 Stone Painting:*

First order of the day is to complete another in the retreat Stones Series so I can keep building my stock of those until that particular project is complete and ready to be finished. Hopefully I will be done by mid-April or so. Today's stone is pictured above.

Then I set about painting another smaller stone for stock, this time going with a pink golden White theme. Sometimes it is the more subtle color schemes that do quite well.

![20240326_184437.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/alchemystones/23yJVDZZSPaEV2vb9pJLDP1xujJJS1zV89qaaF6xcJ7JsDRALucKYXPnNP3dGezQNiaWk.jpg)
*Trying to do the metallics with a gold paint marker; it's quite bright!*

I have now reached the point in my blank stone stock — at least with stones around this size — to where I don't have any more of the super smooth stones left. So I'm now picking from my what I consider my *"second quality"* choices.

These will still be quite pretty when they're finished, however they take longer to do because I have to work around a little imperfections, and usually the surface is slightly rougher than I like to work with. But hey, you do what you do and do the best with that!

![20240326_233120.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/alchemystones/23xexoemu7a7dWoXLdpDT4a81nxNs7AHTaFpx7a4aVh5cmiMNZLozF4oXgFnL4cpyeAEP.jpg)
*Not unhappy with this. Has an almost spring-like vibe*

## *Day 36 Summary and Social Media Bits:*

**Finished two new stones today:** Continuing to work on the large order for the women's retreat, adding one more for this... 12-of-30 now completed, and then this other small stone for general stock. 

**Daily Twitter/X post:** *Check.* Another older stone post.
**Daily Facebook Page post:** *Fail.* Out of time/got too late.
**Daily Instagram post:** *Fail.* Same as above.

**Other Stuff:** As usual, this Hive post; getting set up for finish work... forecast calls for warmer days *(above 50/10C)*. Daily shoutout to **@gillianpearce!** 

**Day 36 completed;** increasingly recognizing that my life is not well suited to a *"daily routine"* like this. Creating + social media posts + a Hive blog posts takes a *solid* two hours, or more. I just don't have that much time in my schedule. 

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