Looking under the microscope the other day at the University I saw something curious. Based on its size, just a little over 20 microns, that means micro meters or millionth of a meter, it had to be a microbe. I could tell from its shape and organelles that it was an amoeba. We don't normally see amoeba in the research laboratory so I went to take a picture with our high resolution digital camera only to find that the camera was out of service. Luckily I had my watercolour paints with me and could make a painting of the curiously shaped amoeba. What a wonderful addition to my new Curio Folio series. Maybe the ears, nose, eyes, tongue, tail and four legs were a coincidence, but it looked like our sister's and Fritz's pet dog Davidson. Once in a while scientists get to name things, so I took the opportunity to name this specimen
Amoeba Canis... since Canis is the species name for dog. Then, in my excitement at the discovery, I bumped the microscope a little and the creature was gone from the field of view. I had to ask, "Who let the dogs out?"
Curio Folio: Amoeba Canis, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
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