Paint by numbers

This item appears on page 57 of the October 2014 issue.

 This month’s winner is NELSON BURACK of Melville, New York:

While visiting Rome recently, we also made a stop at the Vatican and took a tour of the Sistine Chapel. 

The guide for our group pointed out that it took Michelangelo 10 years to paint the ceiling. 

One member of our group, in a stage-whisper voice, said, “And that was just for the first coat!”