Sweet!!! I have some very similar except they are ones that I use at Christmas and not birds, but horses. It even has the beading and little stuffed figurines. I bought them in Poland close to the Russian border years ago. They are packed up, but, if you remind me next year, I would love to show them to you.

I love your story and these are the type of thing that memories are made of. Have a brilliant day, my friend.

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