Stone steps into a cellar: pic prompt

Today’s writing prompt and my response.

Prompt two for the week. Write a poem, a story. Link the prompts into a longer piece. Or simply read and enjoy. Stone steps into a cellar: pic prompt

She hesitated on the top step. Once she would have skipped down, unthinking, her way among the shadows well-practised since childhood.
Papa had brought her here before she understood the cellar’s purpose. Earliest memories of rows of dusty bottles in worn wooden racks; great barrels with tiny tap...