Tikanchay handcrafted jewelry from Peru's photostream

Not every business trip to Peru is just business; in July of 2007 we went to Cuzco again, this time with the children, my mother and a friend. Here are the children and their friend, Eva posing with the llamas and women dressed in folkloric dress.

This woman is making yarn from alpaca wool, spinning it in the traditional fashion by hand. She is accompanied by her son at her side and her baby is on her back, all dressed in typical folkloric dress. This photo was taken on one of the cobblestone streets of Ollantaytambo.

Our daughter LOVES animals and she has met many new ones on her trips to Peru. This encounter with a llama was in July 2007 at one of the Incan ruins outside of Cuzco, Peru.

It looks like it's from a magazine, right? Nope. Right from my own camera as I stood on the patio of a hacienda in the Sacred Valley of Peru. This was in August 2007 when we took my mom and two youngest children to Cuzco. The landscape of Peru is breathtaking.

Featuring delicate swirls of silver floating in the airy center of a handcrafted silver frame. The swirl symbol represents the concept of infinity, a symbol and theme that is repeated through Peru's artisan handicrafts.