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