Tabitha Abbott’s Story
Tabitha Abbott, a local Laramie, WY, oil painter, stands on her front porch after waving goodbye to her brother, Mason James, and sister in-law, Shanna James, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
Tabitha Abbott sits in her living room and paints a bug illustration to exchange with a local basket weaver named Kim Shaver in Laramie, WY, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Shaver had taught Abbott how to weave her own basket and so Abbott wanted to paint her an original illustration.
An oil painting done by Tabitha Abbott in Laramie, WY, which she titled "Pink Lady" and is still a work in progress as of Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
Mason James and his wife, Shanna James, visit Tabitha Abbott on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at her home in Laramie, WY, to thank her for watching their dogs for them. Abbott sits on the floor after showing the James' some of her art and craft supplies inside the bin.
Tabitha Abbott queues some music in preparation for her next several hours painting on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in her house in Laramie, WY.
Passionate about plants, Tabitha Abbott waters all of the plants spanning her living room wall in her house in Laramie, WY, in the evening of Tuesday, April 26, 2022..
Mason James helps his sister, Tabitha Abbott, by trying to jump start her car on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in Laramie, WY, but is unsuccessful. Abbott doesn't have a working vehicle and sometimes needs to ask her brother's to take her back and forth places that aren't walkable distances.
Tabitha Abbott everyday sets peanuts outside for the crows and enjoys talking and interacting with them; on Thursday, April 28, 2022 she looks through her back window to her house in Laramie, WY, to see the crows eat.
Sam James, Tabitha Abbott's younger brother, joins her for dinner on Thursday, April 28, 2022 in Laramie, WY. Once a week Abbott tries to hold a 'soup night' where she invites all her brothers to eat dinner with her.
Tabitha Abbott holds her dog, indigo, while looking out the window of her front door eagerly waiting for her husband, Cody Abbott, to arrive home on Saturday, April 30, 2022 in Laramie, WY. Abbott is a Med student and works in Thermopolis, WY, which means he and Tabitha see eachother only around once a month.
Reunited for the first time in a little over a month, Tabitha Abbott and Cody Abbott embrace and catch up on Saturday, April 30, 2022 in their home in Laramie, WY.