Orange Pepper Soup - Just Picked

Ingredients

• 3½ lbs sweet peppers. Red, orange or yellow but not green or purple. Bell peppers or other large or medium sweet peppers.
• 1 small onion (½ cup chopped)
• 1 small carrot (¼ cup chopped)
• ½ medium stalk of celery (¼ cup chopped)
• 2 lbs potatoes. Yellow- or white-fleshed varieties. Large or medium.
• 6 twigs thyme, plus a few picked leaves for serving
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cup olive oil
• Freshly ground pepper and fine sea salt