Photo taken by me on June 1st, 2021, 8:30pm, at Tel Yehudah summer camp in Barryville, NY.
Theme: summer
Since 2019, I’ve worked at the same camp every summer. The camp is called Tel Yehudah (TY), and it’s nestled in upstate New York, right on the Delaware River. It’s hard to tell from this photo, but TY is secluded as hell. It lives in what’s essentially a gigantic clearing with trees on all sides and the river as a natural border. There’s no cell service. It’s one of my favorite places on Earth. I’ve spent five of my last seven summers at TY, and the COVID summer working for TY in a virtual way; basically what I’m saying is that to me, summer is synonymous with TY. One of the most beautiful things about the TY landscape is the sunsets we get. The thing about this photo that makes it so summery is the fact that I took it at 8:30pm – the sun had only just set. I love the way the sky becomes a painting full of watercolors in pinks and blues and periwinkles. There’s this vast expanse of sky over TY that provides a perfect blank canvas for sunsets, and I don’t get that anywhere else.
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