#Ristiku (Ristik)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Pelgulinn
1) #Clover, #trefoil (lit. three-leaf), although the etymology from #rist, cross, suggests the supposedly luckier four-leafed variety; 2) #Perpendicular; 3) #Grating; 4) very archaic: name for a cow born...

#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
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#Russian, Melampyrum nemorosum; #keskmineristik, zigzag clover, Trifolium medium (see #Ristiku); #lihtnaistepuna, common St John’s wort or Tipton’s weed, Hypericum perforatum (see Naistepuna); #harilikäiatar or äiatar, field scabious (but see #Tähtpea), Knautia arvensis.
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Crown-betopped wooden gateway in Pebre, Tallinn.

Brick-red wall and flagstaff holder in Pebre, Tallinn.

Sculpted or molded faces hanging on a wooden wall in Pebre, Tallinn.

Former limestone wall of no-longer-extant building in Pebre, Tallinn, perhaps intended as future floral backdrop.

the ski resorts of central #Siberia. Formerly #Sõnajala (1939-1959) and #Olga (1910-1939), quite probably after one of the distaff representatives of the #Koba family (#Albert’s wife? See #Timuti). Part of a fodder and staples street-name group. See #Ristiku.
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Old-school and unmodernized apartment house in Härjapea, Tallinn.

Another modernized apartment house in Härjapea, Tallinn.

Partially-revamped apartment house with damaged shutters in Härjapea, Tallinn.

Patterned wooden doorway to house in Härjapea, Tallinn, surrounded by leafy branches and three flower-pots.

Trifolium medium and valge ristik, white clover, T. repens, have the alternative names of #härjapea or valge (white) härjapää. And, indeed, the street is crossed by #Ristiku. 2) More likely, the name of #Tallinn’s main river that used to flow from #Ülemiste lake to the sea at Tallinna bight,
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