Knightly Accolade of Dieter...

Knightly Accolade of Dieter...

...to Sir Dieter Sokoll

Lola Gerlinda's                PLANT & FLOWER SHOP

Lola Gerlinda's PLANT & FLOWER SHOP

SOON TO BE OPEN

Lola Gerlinda's Hobby - Plants & Flowers

Lola Gerlinda's Hobby - Plants & Flowers

Flowers are the new hobby

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Hello, we are Gerlinda and Dieter Sokoll. Gerlinda is Filipina and Dieter is German. Since the KNIGHTS OF RIZAL have bestowed the knighthood on Dieter in Decemter 2017, he is called Sir Dieter and with this privilege comes, that Gerlinda is called Lady Gerlinda. Close family and friends call her Gerlyn. We are living in the City of Cagayan de Oro, the city of Golden Friendship. This is our blog, where we post our photos, videos and stories about family, life, travels and our LOLA GERLINDA'S FLOWER SHOP. The reason for this is, that Gerlinda's Hobby shifted from raising pigs to plants and flowers. Because of African Swine Fever she had to stop raising pigs. We both love dogs. That's the reason why a few large dogs are family to us. There are the the German Shepard ladies Bouney and Daisy and our young mixed boy Bravo, daughter of Bouney, who has a Belgian Shepard Malinois as father and is lightly handicapped. At the other end of the house we are having some local cats, they adopted us or we the cats, who knows.

You can contact us at: dieterwsokoll@gmail.com 

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Gerlinda & Dieter private - Our Home in Dauin - The veranda as a work and living space

Many expats I know are building their dream home in the Philippines. They often build large living rooms. After a while, they say they have built too big. If they were to build again, they would rather build a bigger veranda.

Since you are in the tropics, it is warm most of the time in most places. Don’t laugh, you Central Europeans, when it cools down to 25 °C or less in the evening and at night, it often feels more like a chill.

We are now staying with our daughter’s family in Dauin, Negros Oriental, right on the famous beach with its diving spots. A new veranda had to be built as the old one was made of tree trunks and bamboo. Despite precautions, the small termites had nibbled on these trunks a lot over the years. One quiet morning you could even hear them. They were constantly busy.

The new veranda was adapted to the size of the house with concrete pillars and built in a Mediterranean style. As you can see in the following pictures, there are several seating areas, an artist’s corner and a large table in the middle where you can work or play cards at the same time. My wife has given everything a lively look with her flowers and plants.

This is also the place for family celebrations.

Gerlinda & Dieter private - Our Home in Dauin - The veranda as a work and living space
Gerlinda & Dieter private – Our Home in Dauin – The veranda as a work and living space
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The girls Gerlinda, Jennelyn and Theresa have settled down in front of the house on the beach, under the leafy branches of the fallen tree with a table and chairs to play cards.

There have been big changes to the house since our last visit. Due to termite infestation, the old veranda was demolished and replaced by a new one, built over the entire front of the house in Mediterranean style and much larger. At the same time, the palm shingle roof was brought up to the same height.

The house has also been completely repainted in a light beige colour.

You can see before and after in the postings on our website.
https://www.gerlinda-dieter-private.philippinen-reisen.com/

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Once again we made the journey from Cagayan de Oro to our daughter Jenny’s family.

Left behind are our dogs, cats and most of the flowers and decorative plants. However, a large number of cuttings went on the journey well packed in a large suitcase.

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Fortunately, no one at the security check at the harbour noticed the plants in the suitcase or looked over them.

The basin for the diving equipment was quickly converted into a watering place for the plants.

These now all have to be planted and cared for one after the other before they can take their place on the new veranda or elsewhere on the property.

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I have settled down on the veranda with my laptop with interesting views and can do my work there in peace.

It is a tranquil life in Dauin.

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Marc, the tattoo artist and good friend, came again on a Sunday, to give lola Gerlinda her first tattoo.

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The very day after our dive trip to Apo Island, Marc came and started a 3-day tattoo job of new and covering tattoos on Bevan.

It had to be finished in this time, because the flight back to New Zealand via Manila was already on 24 May 2023.

Even though the last photo in the car was the last photo of this visit, Bevan came back again after a short while to get his forgotten mobile phone before he was finally on his way home.

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