Frate Indovino: March Monk

"And come back accompanied by your parents!"

Some advice from the good brother: "If you want the bread, don't sit on the oven."

Followed by thoughts of gardening, with an enticing list of all that can be started in a protected place, including meloni, basilico, peperoni, pomodori...

Among this month's star lore, there's this—

Curiosity - Extinct Constellation: The Cat was introduced in '700 [1799, according to this] by the French Lalande in honor of his favorite animal, the cat, in fact. To lovers of this cat, it might seem unfair that in the sky are numerous references to the dog and none to him. Although the French scholar had placed the cat in the firmament, in the zone between Indra and the air-pump (two constellations of the southern hemisphere) with the 1922 meeting of the International Astronomical Union, it was removed from official maps.

As to those particular astronomers: a March felis waiting in the wings for the next post might have something to say about them...