a bit of unexpected gold

Now that the excessive heat has calmed down (it’s now in the 80s) , I am once again trimming and weeding the landscaping around the pool. But the planting beds in front of the barn have been totally neglected. I happened to glance that direction as I was returning from the mail box (a very L-O-N-G distance from the house), and noticed that a shrub that used to be around 3’ tall now towers over our heads! It is covered with these yellow trumpet-shaped blooms, so thick that the top is leaning over.

I looked it up online: it’s called Esperanza, or Yellow Bells, and is related to trumpet vine.