Laura Erickson’s For the Birds

This is Jim Baker reminding you that there are only four more shopping days until Christmas, so you’d better hightail it up the shore a ways to Baker’s Blue Jay Barn while there’s still time.

I’ve got stocking stuffers for jays of all ages and interests, from old fashioned marbles and jacks to high tech computer software to help your favorite jay figure out his taxes. That’s just a little joke, everyone knows Blue Jays are far too intelligent and civilized to earn an income. They take after Laura Erickson in that respect.

Anyway, here’s a special gift idea for that special jay gal on your list. You and I both know that every Blue Jay looks perfect exactly the way it is, but sometimes a jay wants to help nature along a little. That’s why I came up with Jaybelline Eye Cosmetics. She’ll feel a lot more secure batting her eyes after she’s accentuated those delicate little white feathers on her eyelids with Jaybelline eye shadow. Jays don’t come by eyelashes naturally, but if your jay wants a chance to find out what they’re all about, I also carry a line of false lashes just right for those beady little eyes.

And speaking of beady little eyes, did it ever occur to you that sometimes jays get tired of looking in the mirror at brown peepers? That on special occasions, maybe they might prefer blue eyes to go along with their feathers? That’s why I developed Baker’s Blue Jay Contact Lenses. They only go around once. Let ‘em grab for all the gusto they can get.

And remember, stop by my store anytime before Christmas and get. absolutely free. a video of the critically acclaimed movie, Dances with Blue Jays, starring Kevin Corvid, available only at Baker’s Blue Jay Barn, up the shore a ways.