As usual my postal carrier left me a notice to pick up my latest SAL
shipment from China at the PO in town. For some reason I'm never
around when the first delivery is attempted. They never leave a time
on the notice so I can't complain even if I was around. Most of the
time they sit out in the driveway and honk and if I don't go to them
they drop the notice at the mailbox. I always point out to the desk
clerk it's the one with the wrapping tape that says China Post. Anyway
what seemed longer than normal the clerk returned with a box with
wrapping tape that said "Opened for Inspection by US Customs and Border
Protection Agriculture". This was my assortment of tea blossoms. I
was expecting the worse and expected to find some missing. It looks
like they opened the box and didn't even rife through it. All blossoms
accounted for. This shipment from Shanghai only two weeks. I've been
making the slow boat connection.

Jim