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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The day began with Lola Gerlinda having been led to believe for days that nothing grand on the festive side would happen on her 68th birthday. However, some good spirits were working in the background for Jenny to make something happen after all.

That day, the group of big boys who had gone on a 2-day tour of the southern part of Negros by motorbike returned early in the afternoon.

Around 4:30 pm the ordered food should arrive and guests should start arriving at 5 pm. For this, I, Lolo Dieter, had to lure Gerlinda out of the house. Jenny sent us to buy fruit at the fruit market in the neighbouring village of Bacong. From there we drove to our good friends Hermann and Engen. There I was to delay departure until I had received an OK to return.

Back home, I had to hurry to get to the veranda before Gerlinda so that I could capture the astonished face on film. Then, when everyone sang ‘Happy Birthday’, Gerlinda’s eyes got moist.

You can watch everything else in the video here

Lola GERLINDA’S 68th BIRTHDAY in Dauin

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It was a few years ago when we took these pictures in the gold mining village of Gango, which is part of Libona in Bukidnon province, in Northern Mindanao.

As the crow flies, Gango is a few kilometres from our house in Cugman.

This gold mining town is located behind Cagayan de Oro City and can be reached on foot from the barangays of Gusa, Cugman or Indahag.

We came into contact with the chairman of the gold prospectors’ cooperative during our visit, and he showed us some tunnels.

We visited this place again and this time found entry to the neighbouring tunnels. I was able to capture all this in a video, with the camera also going underground.

GOLD in GANGO | Libona – Bukidnon

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I have to go back a bit. On Saturday Jenny & Gary returned from their 2-week Vietnam holiday with a friend. This was then also celebrated with plenty of beer.

Sunday was the worldwide Mother’s Day, so also here and recovery from the evening before (see beer).

Today we had our early walk again and between Negros and Mindanao there was a thunderstorm with heavy rumbling over the sea. Later, there was the first extensive shower, which not only benefited the plants and flowers.

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When evening falls in Dauin, Negros Oriental, it usually looks like this.

The next morning, on their morning walk again, most of the dogs are still dreaming at the small store on the highway.

Discovered during the walk: the green calamansis hiding in the green leaves. If you look closely, you will find plenty of fruit on the tree, but only a few flowers.

My cough syrup as a vitamin bomb consists of the juice of half a lemon, if that is not available, a handful of calamansi, honey and the boiled decoction of herbs, I think it is oregano. Oregano grows on every corner here.

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