Cream of Corn Soup

I made this today after tweaking Tyler's Corn Chowder recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/corn-chowder-recipe/index.html

Ingredients:

o 5 ears of corn removed from the cob (fresh corn is better)
o 1 medium onion, diced
o 1 medium potatoes, diced
o 1/2 tsp powdered thyme (or dry thyme or fresh thyme)
o 1/4 cup flour
o 2 tbsp butter
o 1 1/2 cup cream
o 2 cups water
o 6 cups vegetable stock
o Salt and pepper to taste

o Heat butter in a soup pan; Add onions (and optionally diced garlic) and sautee for 5 mins
o Add diced potatoes and sautee for another 3 mins
o Add flour to coat the veggies and leave in med heat for 2 mins until flour turns slightly brown. Add thyme at this point.
o Add 6 cups of vegetable stock and boil at high heat for 5 mins
o Meanwhile in another vessel boil water and then add cream and corn to it and boil for 10 mins until the corn is soft.
o Now mix the two and boil for 2 mins
o Use a hand blender to puree the soup. You dont have to cool the soup for this. You can put the soup pot in the sink and use blender.
o Return soup pot to medium heat. Add some water to dilute.

This soup came out very delicious.

Things i am planning to try further
o Try the same recipe with milk instead of cream
o Try to simply the steps to make it a one pot recipe.
o Find a way to make it a bit more spicier.
I will paste the results once my experiments succeed.