Photo of a local woman at a compound of traditional wooden cabins in Transylvania, in the tiny village of Breb, Maramures county, Romania

Women wear traditional dress in Breb, Romania, a wide black skirt, white ruffled blouse, and a headscarf

During the dog days of summer, bees buzz around thistle flowers in Breb, Maramures County, Romania

Following the fall harvest, newly made haystacks in Breb, Romania, dominate farm gardens in this northern region of Transylvania