Why we shouldn't put off taking photos

I’m surprised I haven’t posted about my kokedama before. It was from a teambuilding event last year (September 24th, from my photos), and even though I have been caring for it in a “minimalist” way instead of the recommended way (I dump it in a plastic box and pour some water sometimes just so it won’t dry out), it has been surviving pretty well.

This was how it looked in May (unfortunately, the last photo I have of it green).

Then I guess I stopped taking photos because it was simply growing quite well, with new leaves on top once in a while.

When I came back from Berlin, it was thriving, with rather big leaves on top. I was going to take a photo, but put it off because I simply had too many things to do!

I didn’t expect that it would dry out in less than two weeks…

Last week I already noticed it being dry, and poured more water into the container. Somehow the water dried out pretty quickly (hmm…now I have a thought, was the container leaking?). But it didn’t seem to work…this is how it looks today.

And I suddenly noticed a snail…see it in the corner? Is this what killed the kokedama? (as long as it’s not me… :P )

I had a thought that maybe the snail drank up all the water (I'm not sure how much snails love water :P ) So I poured water into the container again. The snail came out.