FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters. The art works entitled 'Houndton Tabby', were designed by illustrator and artist Kim Parkhurst, 39, after she combined her love of drawing and Downton Abbey. 'I've been painting portraits of animals in historical costume for some time,” explains New Yorker Kim. “I've taken some familiar and beloved characters whose demeanour, personality, and appearance seemed to translate to certain breeds of dog or cat. 'I got to thinking about Mr Bates' character and storyline, and Brendan Coyle's facial structure, and how he could look hard but also had the warmest, kindest eyes.
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .