Blur tool results seen only in palatte bin

I am new at Photoshop.
I have Elements 7, Windows 7.
When working with the blur tool, I see no change to my photograph. However I do see changes on the layer thumbnail in the palatte bin. What am I missing? It worked for a previous photo, but not with a new one I opened up.

HistoricalNutrition,
The blur tool is generally ineffective, as I see it.
If you need to blur the background, yet keep the foreground in focus, try the following:
Open picture file
Duplicate background layer
Apply Gaussian blur to the background copy layer. This will blur everything. Not to worry, we'll fix it.
Place a levels adjustment layer between the background and background copy layers.
Clip the background copy layer and the adjustment layer - Layer>create clipping mask
Left click the mask (the white rectangle)
Use a black brush to bring the foreground back into focus. If you go too far, correct with a white brush
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1JCdJrZTXS9taljAdXxrg6APGQGB
In this example, I have masked the blurred bricks in order to allow the "sharp" bricks to show.

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