import re
p = re.compile(ur'''(?P<Alternation1>
     \$\{(?P<braced>[_a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*(?::[_a-zA-Z]\w*)+)
     \}
     )
     |
     (?P<Alternation2>
      \$(?P<named>[_a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*(?::[_a-zA-Z]\w*)+
     )
    )
''', re.VERBOSE)
test_str = u"asdasd $asd:sd + ${asd123:asd} $HOME $$asd"
 
print [x for x in re.findall(p, test_str)]