Glove-On-A-Fence

It is what it is!

What Seagulls do When You're Not Looking

A trip to the lake one day led me to this rare find... a sock.

I love the socks because I always find them to be the most fascinating, especially how they end up, what color they are, and why, oh why is there only one!

But the great thing about this trip is that I found the purple hat that I thought would be gone... but you never know what those Seagulls are doing when you're not looking!

Headband Parking

Here's another random happening with some of the clothing... there are people out there who will move the pieces and put them on something. Yesterday I found a purple hat on top of a sign. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera!

This is a headband located on parking space numbers in the middle of downtown Milwaukee.

Hat that, at a distance, looks like an embarrassing birthmark.

It is... what it is. A flattened Plaid Hat at UWM.

The mysterious world of Pants on the Street.

Found on the walk to work in downtown Milwaukee. So neatly put together. I feel bad for whoever is missing their pants. Mind you, this wasn't after a holiday either!

Gloved Over

Here are a few gloves that have been found in the area. I just love how they pose.

All of these are from Milwaukee City or on the UWM campus.

Gloves tend to be the easiest to spot.

There are a lot of cold hands out there somewhere!

Sock-On-A-Wall

Welcome!

You have stumbled across a strange and exciting (at least, it is to some people) blog about all the strange pieces of clothing you can find lying around. You have found SOCK-ON-A-WALL.

To set up the story as to why this blog exists, let me explain!

I moved to Milwaukee in August of 2009. Immediately it struck me as a unique and lively city, but one of the strangest things about it was all the random clothing I found around. Perhaps I just never noticed it before in other cities I've lived and worked in, but it seemed more prominent in Milwaukee then everywhere else! So, I finally started collecting pictures. There's no professionalism in the photos so they can be taken with a basic digital camera or a camera phone.

So far, my boyfriend Troy and I, have collected many pictures. There are a few rules we observe.

* Do NOT touch the clothing. The pictures resemble how we found the clothing. It's part of the fun of the photo!

* Leave the clothing where it is. Eventually, it disappears. We like to think it finds a happy home.

* Keep an open eye. Some things are found up or sideways, not always down.

The photo that inspired this idea is my infamous, Sock-On-A-Wall. (See above) This was found while I was leaving my apartment building and it made me smile all day. Sure! There are reasonable explanations as to how and why the clothing is found the way it is, but I think it sparks imagination, something we should continue to push for. So please, enjoy!