This week's drabble challenge prompt is winding, suggested by ereluna.

Responses to the drabble challenge may be drabbles (exactly 100 words), drabble-and-a-half (150 words), double drabbles (200 words), or a series of drabbles (related responses, each 100 words). Drabble challenges run for one week. This one ends 11 September 2011.