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()