This year I’ve teamed up with 19 fabulously talented photographers in a project called Fifty-Two Fridays.  Each week we have a theme and our challenge is to post an image that best represents that theme.  Every week the end of the year is creeping closer and closer and I continue to be inspired and pushed creatively by my fellow photographers.

This week’s theme:

I have to give all the credit for today’s image to the photographer that I most admire and want to be when I grow up, Stephanie Rausser.  Is it possible to become someone else when you grow up, even if that person is most likely younger than you?  If so, put me down for becoming Stephanie because her work inspires me, amazes me, and makes me happy.  If you aren’t familiar with her work, stop by her website and be happy with me.  Her lifestyle and editorial approach to photography is phenomenal!  It’s like you stepped out of your own world of commitments and errands and responsibilities and into a world of joy and bright colors and laughter.  Her website , with its shuffling of images, is enough to mesmerize for hours.  And while you’re there, you’ll happen upon an image much like the one below, though much better.  I loved it so much that about a month ago I attempted to recreate it with my own dog, my own bed, and my own undies (the undies my husband claims he’s not at all familiar with).  I filed it away on my computer and forgot about it until today when I realized I hadn’t shot anything specifically for this week’s theme.  It’s been one of those weeks!  So I brought it out, dusted it off and am sharing it in honor of Stephanie Rausser.

Come with me as I make my way around the circle of good mornings starting with  Sara Tegman | St. Louis Photographer.

Happy Friday and Happy Weekending!