align footer beside and bottom of image

hello.
i have a blog that has two columns for each post:
column 1 has: a picture that is 600px and variable height.
column 2 has: title and post text – on top; and footer on bottom.

what I wanted to do is align the footer to the bottom of column 1 – which has a variable height. is that possible? i can’t figure it out.

here’s a picture of what i’m imagining: https://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1453/cssalignhelp.png