how to wrap float div around absolute position divs? [duplicate]

Question

I know there are a few questions about similar topics but they mostly amount to floating the div/image. I need to have the image (and div) positioned absolutely (off to the right) but I simply want the text flow around it. It works if I float the div but then I can't position it where I want. As it is the text just flows behind the picture.

    <div class="post">
            <div class="picture">
  <a href="/user/1" title="View user profile."><img src="http://www.neatktp.com/sites/default/files/photos/BlankPortrait.jpg" alt="neatktp&#039;s picture" title="neatktp&#039;s picture"  /></a></div>
      <span class='print-link'></span><p>BlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlah.</p>
<p>BlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlah.</p>
        </div>

Is an example of the HTML

With the CSS being:

    .picture img {
        background: #fff;
        border: 1px #ddd solid;
        padding: 2px;
        float: right;
}

.post .picture {
    display: block;
    height: auto;
    position: absolute;
    right: -10px;
    top: -10px;
    width: auto;
}

.post {
    border: 1px solid #FFF;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #e8ebec;
    padding: 37px 22px 11px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 4;
}

It's a Drupal theme so none of this code is mine, it's just that it's not fully working when it comes to putting a picture there.

Answer 1

I know this is an older question but I came across it looking to do what I believe you were trying to. I've made a solution using the :before CSS selector, so it's not great with ie6-7 but everywhere else you should be good.

Basically, putting my image in a div I can then add a long thing float block before hand to bump it down and the text wraps merrily around it!

img {
  float:right;  
  clear:both;
  width: 50% ;
  margin: 30px -50px 10px 10px ;
}
.rightimage:before {
  content: '' ;
  display:block;
  float: right;
  height: 200px;

}

You can check it out here:

http://codepen.io/atomworks/pen/algcz