Rainy day inspiration

While drizzly / rainy days are often great studio days, I've had a day filled with appointments and running errands, like getting the car emissions inspection complete on my husband's car. I know -- very exciting. Fortunately, I took a quick walk with the dog this morning and found a rainy day opportunity: rain drops on leaves. Pretty cool in a close-up. Now, how to translate this into a quilt? Is it even a good idea? Is it better in black and white or color? (The latter is not as crisp because it's cropped from another picture with a different focal point; I didn't think to take one of the water droplets in color - ARGH!) Is there enough contrast? How would you translate the translucency of the water? Beads seem obvious, but actually are probably too regular; the raindrops are all different sizes and shapes. Is this just one of those things that's better as a photograph? Perhaps it would be best to abstract from the inspiration. Questions, questions, questions.....