Comforting Corn Chowder

Ingredients

• 4 medium potatoes ((unpeeled & diced))
• 1 medium carrot ((unpeeled, diced))
• 2 cups corn ((frozen, use fresh corn when in season))
• 1 medium onion ((peeled & diced))
• 1 1/2 lt water
• 3 vegetable stock cubes
• 1 medium bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme ((lemon thyme is also nice))
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme ((remove from stems, plus extra sprigs for garnish))