import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.figure(figsize=(3,2))
ax=plt.subplot(111)
an1 = ax.annotate("Test 1", xy=(0.5, 0.5), xycoords="data",
                  va="center", ha="center",
                  bbox=dict(boxstyle="round", fc="w"))
an2 = ax.annotate("Test 2", xy=(1, 0.5), xycoords=an1,
                  xytext=(30,0), textcoords="offset points",
                  va="center", ha="left",
                  bbox=dict(boxstyle="round", fc="w"),
                  arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="->"))
plt.show()